| AIEP | amount of insulin extractable from pancreas |
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| CFP | chronic false positive; Clinical Fellowship Program; cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil, prednisone; cys... |
| IPITA | International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association |
| ITP | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; immune thrombocytopenia; immunogenic thrombocytopenic purpura; ... |
| pan | pancreas, pancreatic, pancreatectomy |
| ventral pancreas | That portion of the primordium of the pancreas that develops, together with the hepatic diverticulum, as a ventral bud from the foregut endoderm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| microcystic adenoma of pancreas | <radiology> Benign tumour of pancreas, M:F = 1:4, peak age 69 years of age, tiny cysts filled with GLYCOGEN, not mucin, large (ca. 10 cm), innumerable small cysts (1mm - 20mm), central stellate scar with or without calcification, hypervascular, head = body = tail, ** associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Cf: macrocystic adenoma, alias mucinous cystic neoplasm (12 Dec 1998) |
| Willis' pancreas | A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucinous cystic neoplasm of pancreas | <radiology> = macrocystic adenoma of pancreas, cystadenoma / cystadenocarcinoma, M:F = 1:9, 40-60 years of age, malignant or pre-malignant, large mass (mean 12 cm), multilocular cysts, thick septations, tail / body in 85% (unlike adenocarcinoma and microcystic adenoma), hypo-/avascular, Differential diagnosis: panc pseudocyst, ** Cf: microcystic adenoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| Winslow's pancreas | A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of pancreas | The posterior surface of the pancreas. Synonym: facies posterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of pancreas | That portion of the pancreas lying in the concavity of the duodenum. Synonym: caput pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepato-pancreas | <marine biology> Digestive gland of crustaceans with functions approximately analogous to liver and pancreas of vertebrates enzyme secretion, food absorption and storage. <zoology> A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc, usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| superior border of pancreas | The uppermost border of the body of the pancreas that separates the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo superior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delta cell of pancreas | A cell of the islets having fine granules and containing somatostatin. Synonym: D cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior border of pancreas | The border of the pancreas separating the inferior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo inferior pancreatis, margo inferior splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior surface of pancreas | The surface of the body of the pancreas that faces downward. Synonym: facies inferior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tail of pancreas | The left extremity of the pancreas within the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: cauda pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| echogenic pancreas | <radiology> Fatty degeneration, cystic fibrosis, calcification (chronic pancreatitis) (12 Dec 1998) |
| ectopic pancreas | <radiology> Site: stomach (most common), small bowel, Meckel diverticulum, gallbladder, spleen prevalence: 10% at autopsy, 1:500 at operation (12 Dec 1998) |