| ITP | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; immune thrombocytopenia; immunogenic thrombocytopenic purpura; ... |
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| pan | pancreas, pancreatic, pancreatectomy |
| Panc | pancreas or pancreatic |
| PASP | pancreas-specific protein; pulmonary artery systolic pressure |
| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
| body of pancreas | The part of the pancreas from the point where it crosses the portal vein to the point where it enters the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: corpus pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cancer, pancreas | Cancer of the organ which produces many juices that are important for digesting food as well as hormones, such as insulin and glucagon. Pancreatic cancer has been called a silent disease because early pancreatic cancer usually does not cause symptoms. If the tumour blocks the common bile duct and bile cannot pass into the digestive system, the skin and whites of the eyes may become yellow, and the urine darker as a result of accumulated bile pigment called bilirubin. This condition is referred to as jaundice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gamma cell of pancreas | A cell of the pancreatic islets of the guinea pig. Synonym: gamma cell of pancreas. Synonym: parafollicular cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreas | <anatomy, gastroenterology> A tongue-shaped glandular organ lying below and behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is encircled by the duodenum and its tail touches the spleen. It secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon (both regulate blood sugar), in addition to pancreatic enzymes involved in the digestion of fats and proteins in the small intestine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pancreas accessorium | A detached portion of pancreatic tissue, usually the uncinate process, and hence most often found in the vicinity of the head of the pancreas, but may occur within the gut wall (stomach or duodenum). Synonym: pancreas accessorium. Annular pancreas, a ring of pancreas encircling the duodenum, caused by a failure of the embryologic ventral pancreas to migrate to the right of the duodenum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreas, artificial | Devices for simulating the activity of the pancreas. They can be either electromechanical, consisting of a glucose sensor, computer, and insulin pump or bioartificial, consisting of isolated islets of langerhans in an artificial membrane. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pancreas divisum | <radiology> Unfused ducts of Wirsung and Santorini, incidence: 5-11%, 21-45% get pancreatitis, possibly due to stenosis of the minor ampulla (12 Dec 1998) |
| pancreas minus | 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) |
| pancreas transplantation | The transference of a pancreas from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| head of pancreas | That portion of the pancreas lying in the concavity of the duodenum. Synonym: caput pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |