Pancreas Pathology- Congenital Anomalies
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Packet 2
Questions and Answers
- 1._________ ________ is an inherited disease of the exocrine glands beginning in infancy; characterized by viscous _________ and _________ of multiple glands including the pancreas.
- 2.Cystic fibrosis can lead to pancreatic ________ with majority of patients showing evidence of exocrine pancreatic __________.
- 3.True pancreatic cysts sonographically have the same characteristics of all "true" cysts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.True pancreatic cysts are usually found _________ with the pancreatic duct and are most commonly in the ______.
- 5.True pancreatic cysts are associated with Von ______________ Syndrome.
- 6.Von Hippel-Lindau is a _________ acquired syndrome, associated with true _________ cysts, and is usually seen in _______ and __________.
- 7.True pancreatic cysts are ___________ lined, true cysts of the pancreas, which are ______ and believed to be __________ in origin.
- 8.Ture pancreatic cysts represent anomalous development of the pancreatic ducts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Multiple congenital cysts are associated with cystic disease of the ________, _________, _______, and __________. (alphabetically)
- 10.Check all that apply to patient presentation of cystic fibrosis:
- A.
Pancreatitis
- B.
Most patients DO NOT live over 10
- C.
Diagnosed late in life
- D.
Most patients DO NOT live over 30
- E.
Diagnosed early in life
- 11.Check all that apply to cystic fibrosis:
- A.
Exocrine cells increase secretion of highly viscous mucus
- B.
Decreased echogenicity
- C.
Secretions coagulate and obstruct pancreatic ducts leading to degeneration, fibrosis, fatty replacement, and atrophy
- D.
Increased echogenicity caused by fibrosis and fatty replacement-->atrophy
- E.
Breakdown of pancreatic architecture
- F.
Proximal distention of ducts and acini, leading to degeneration and replacement by small cysts
- 12.When someone is severely affected with cystic fibrosis the pancreas is: shrunken with marked ________, has _______ replacement, and has cysts __________ to ductal obstruction.
- 13.This is the MC congenital defect. It is a lack of fusion of dorsal and ventral buds and occurs in 10% of the population.
- 14.Drainage of the entire _________ pancreas is through the minor ________ with only the _______ part draining through the major papilla (ampulla of vater)
- 15.Because much of the drainage of the pancreas is through the _____ papilla, there is predisposition, in patients with ________ _________ to pancreatitis.
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