Everything that happens with the organs or systems of our body, is evidence of any violations. In this case, it is necessary to clearly distinguish between the diagnosis and the symptom. So, the patient who made ultrasound of the pancreas and saw the conclusion - deformation of the pancreas should understand that this is quite an alarming symptom, requiring immediate medical attention.
What can cause deformation? Factors there are only three, and one of them is quite dangerous. However, it should be understood that any disease is much easier to treat when it is detected in time, and therefore a qualified specialist should not be examined because a deformed pancreas may be due to:
- acute or chronic pancreatitis. It can not be said that this is a consolatory diagnosis, but in comparison with other reasons it is really so. Most often in pancreatitis, the patient has an angular deformation with a shift upward. If the disease was detected in the initial stage, the treatment can be very effective and the changes either disappear or do not become worse further.
- Cyst. Diagnosis of pancreatic cysts is a complex process. At the same time, the fact that the organ is deformed is not a direct sign of the disease, but only an occasion for a more detailed examination. Confirmation of the cyst is a clear outline of the altered zone, inaccessible to ultrasound signals.
- Tumor. Unfortunately, sometimes deformation of the pancreas, revealed on ultrasound, is a sign of the presence of a malignant organ tumor. Most often, the evidence of the presence of such a disease becomes deformation of the contours, revealed by ultrasound examination of the pancreas, with a simultaneous significant increase in its size. Of course, an accurate diagnosis based on the data of ultrasound alone is not put in any case - for this there are special methods.
However, the patient, whose examination showed the presence of these abnormalities, should not panic, but sitting with folded arms is also impossible. To date, many patients who have encountered each of these diseases, were convinced of the effectiveness of the treatment, especially with the timely application of medical care.
Pancreatic deformation in a child
The pancreas of a child is at risk of a number of serious illnesses, which may be due to heredity, malnutrition and a number of other factors. Quite often there is a deformation that is caused by the action of acute or chronic pancreatitis and a number of other diseases.
The very fact of such a change is not an indicator of the onset of the disease of this body, but merely indicates the need for a thorough examination of the patient. In any case, the deformation of the pancreas in the child is a sufficient cause for concern. Immediately after the diagnosis( in the presence of this or that disease), the children are treated accordingly.
This process can occur with or without offset. In a number of cases, the deformation of this organ occurs simultaneously with its increase in size. It should be noted that the effectiveness of treatment of the pancreatic disease in a child with deformity depends on the stage at which the change was detected.