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Seudoquiste pancreático - Symptom

Síntomas:

Los síntomas pueden manifestarse en cuestión de días a meses después de un ataque de pancreatitis y abarcan:

Distensión abdominal
Dolor constante o profundo en el abdomen que también puede sentirse en la espalda
Dificultad para comer y digerir el alimento

Signos y exámenes:

El médico puede palpar el abdomen para sentir el seudoquiste, el cual se aprecia como una masa en la parte media o superior izquierda del abdomen.

Los exámenes que pueden ayudar a diagnosticar el seudoquiste pancreático son:

El sistema digestivo

Glándulas endocrinas

Seudoquiste pancreático, Tomografía computarizada

Páncreas

Reviewed last on: 1/20/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Owyang C. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 147.

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