A 51-year-old male asked:
is a mrcp scan without contrast of the liver/pancreas sufficient to diagnose cancer, cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis or separate organ mri required?
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Dr. Yelena Kipervas answered
23 years experience Family Medicine
Reassurance : This is good and appropriate test for diagnosis all diseases that you mention.
Answered on Aug 21, 2016
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
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Plan to live: Chronic pancreatitis only has a slight tendency to produce cancer especially if it's hereditary, and if it was not seen on imaging, it's very unlikely ... Read More
A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Nayana Trivedi answered
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Too young to have: Chronic Pancreatitis. Idiopathic Pancreatitis can resolve.
Chronic means long lasting years and years and years.
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Highly unlikely: That said there is never a never or an always in medicine. Given your age doubtful
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Dr. Donald Colantino answered
61 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes: In some cases a noncontrast ct scan can show pancreatic cancer,changes that could suggest pancreatic inflammation and liver diseases. However a negati ... Read More
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