I had an Endoscopic Ultrasound but they found nothing this time! To rhonda

November 18, 2005

Rhonda,

As said an EUS is a valuable tool for looking at the outside of the

pancreas. I have had no luck in the hospital or outside with ultrasounds and CT

Scans so I think my judgement is colored by that. I still stand by my comment

that an ERCP is the gold standard for diagnosing pancreatic problems. I

shouldn't have discounted the EUS as being no good. I hope you are able to have

an ERCP just so you can have piece of mind and know for sure if your having CP,

AP or if you had AP attacks and that has resolved.

My apoligies for being so vocal to discount that test.

Sandy in CA

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HI Rhonda. An EUS is a very valuable tool for looking at the outside

of the pancreas, the organ itself. Good news that you no longer have

any issues with the psuedocyst. How did the psuedocyst get there in

the first place.

Have you ever had an ercp? It enables the docs to look inside the

pancreas.

November 19, 2005

Sandy,

I don't know that the ERCP is the gold standard. My ERCPs didn't show

anything. EUS showed fibrosis on the tail of my pancreas. When I had my

pancreas taken out the EUS was right and the ERCP wrong. I think that there

are no medical tests that are 100%. Technology is a lot better, but that

doesn't mean that they are perfect.

Crystal Galloway

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