Anomalies and malformations of the pancreas – symptoms, diagnostics, treatment of abnormalities of the pancreas
Small pancreas
The disease is characterized by absence or hypoplasia of the individual parts of the pancreas.
Congenital hypoplasia of pancreas
When this anomaly pancreatic tissue is replaced by adipose tissue without the development of inflammation and fibrosis.
The clinical picture is dominated by frustration of a chair (diarrhea) and malnutrition.
Hyperplasia of the entire pancreas
It is rare and is characterized by an increase mainly head body. The clinical picture to the fore the pain and dyspeptic syndromes.
Annular pancreas
At this pathology pancreas as a ring is located above the duodenum. Congenital malformation.
The clinical picture depends on the degree of compression of the duodenum. The disease is manifested symptoms of acute or chronic (partial or complete) high intestinal obstruction. With moderate narrowing of the lumen of the duodenum may asymptomatic disease development. With a significant narrowing of the lumen of the duodenum appears vomiting 1,5-2 hours after eating, which turns into a persistent. Progressive reduction in body weight of the patient, jaundice. It is characteristic of pain or feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen after eating. Diagnosis is based on radiological and endoscopic studies.
Treatment is conservative and, on the testimony - surgical.
Extra pancreas
A rare malformation, wherein the pancreatic tissue may be in other organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, gallbladder, in the duodenum and other.). No symptoms of the disease, but most pancreatic tissue can develop all pathological processes, typical "basic" pancreas. In these cases, may develop gastritis, holetsistoho Lange, pancreatitis and other diseases. The anomaly may be the cause of inflammation, ulceration, bleeding, bowel obstruction and other complications.
Diagnosis is based on X-ray, endoscopic, ultrasound examination.
Conservative Treatment, symptomatic; the development of complications - surgical.
