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Cystic Pancreatic Masses - Differential Diagnosis
- Serous Cystadenoma
- Solid and Papillary Epithelial Noplasm
- Side Branch IPMN
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Pancreatic Masses - Differential ... Main Duct IPMN - Pseudocyst ... Pancreatic #Masses #Differential
Overview of Pancreatic Cysts
True Epithelial Cyst
Serous Cystadenoma (SCA)
Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm (MCN)
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN)
Cystic Neuroendocrine
Adenocarcinoma Pseudocysts ... comparison #table #differential
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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retention cysts, pseudocysts ... diagnosis #management #differential
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Hyperamylasemia)- Differential ... pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst ... Hyperamylasemia #Differential
Causes of Increased Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)
Increased serum amylase is not always due to pancreatitis. Here are some
Pancreatitis, Pseudocyst ... elevation #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Pseudocyst ... Liver #Injury #Differential
Organomegaly
 • Liver
 • Spleen
 • Kidneys (e. g. Cyst, Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Hydronephrosis)
Neoplastic
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• Pancreatic Pseudocyst ... Abdominal #Mass #Differential
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic
 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
 - Hypoxia
 - Hyperglycaemia
 - Hypocalcaemia
- Abscess - Pseudocyst ... Pancreatitis #Diagnosis #Differential
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Pancreatitis, Pancreatic pseudocyst ... #Back #Pain #Differential
Indications for therapeutic intervention of pancreatic pseudocysts.
Complicated pancreatic pseudocysts (one criterion sufficient)
 • Compression of large
of pancreatic pseudocysts ... Complicated pancreatic pseudocysts ... into pancreatic pseudocyst ... : • Pseudocysts ... #Pancreatic #pseudocyst