Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge. Case presentation A 54-year-old female presented with abdominal pain in the epigastrium and left hypochondrium region for six months. Patient medical history Hypothyroidism on levothyroxine sodium No complaints of digestive or extra digestive symptoms No history of pancreatitis, anorexia, or losing weight Radiological findings A cystic tumor of the pancreas was suspected on abdominal ultrasonography (USG).
Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a serous cyst measuring 48 x 36 mm in the isthmus of the pancreas (Cover image A). The extrapancreatic mass on the biliopancreatic endoscopic ultrasound was heterogeneous, oval, hyperechoic, and measured 49.5 x 38 mm (Cover image B). Hydatid serology - Negative…
