Thanks for your response! Yeah I was wondering about pancreatitis. I am a 25 year old male so I don't know how likely pancrititis or cancer would be? I am wondering how they can declare they are calcium deposits just from an ultrasound and not a little tumor or something, and why they did not show up on the xray? which calcium deposits normally would.
The doctor did not seem that concerned about it. The pain in my right back and side has been pretty intense at times lately. But I would like to avoid a CT until absolutely necessary.
Thanks for your response! Yeah I was wondering about pancreatitis. I am a 25 year old male so I don't know how likely pancrititis or cancer would be? I am wondering how they can declare they are calcium deposits just from an ultrasound and not a little tumor or something, and why they did not show up on the xray? which calcium deposits normally would.
The doctor did not seem that concerned about it. The pain in my right back and side has been pretty intense at times lately. But I would like to avoid a CT until absolutely necessary.
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A MRI would be more beneficial if a spinal cause for the abdominal pain is suspected. Since calcification of pancreas is to be investigated further, it can be better done by a CT scan. Various causes of pancreatic calcification include chronic alcoholic pancreatitis, primary pancreatic tumor (ductal adenocarcinoma), Islet cell tumors, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms, mucinous or macrocystic cystadenomas or cystadenocarcinomas, serous cystadenomas, and metastasis from other cancers. The list is daunting and naturally you will be tense reading this. However in all probability if you drink alcohol, the calcification is due to that and stopping alcohol intake will control pancreatitis.
It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!