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A 22-year-old male asked:

Pain upper left ribs right under chest. sometimes lower left abd pain with upper left back pain. gassy after meals and floating stool. blood tests came back normal scared of pancreatic cancer.

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Dr. John Goldmananswered

Rheumatology 57 years experience

A CT could tell : I doubt it's cancer of the pancreas but your physician and you can discuss it and maybe consider a CT of the abdomen

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