Sentences with phrase «part of the pancreas»

Other people may require surgery to remove part of the pancreas.

And finally, there is pancreatic diabetes, where due to removal of part of the pancreas, a person can not produce much, if any, insulin.

The exocrine part of the pancreas produces digestive enzymes that are released into the small intestine.

Unlike the vast majority of pancreatic cancers (known as pancreatic adenocarcinomas) of the ductal part of the pancreas, pNET is not always deadly.

The increased betatrophin gene activity didn't seem to cause cells to replicate in other parts of the pancreas or in liver or fat tissue.

Christine's CT scan showed her cancer was confined to the wide part of her pancreas and was pressing against the common bile duct, blocking the flow of bile and causing the jaundice that had yellowed her skin and eyes.

Biopsy may be an unreliable method of diagnosing pancreatitis, as often only part of the pancreas is affected.

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the exocrine part of the pancreas.

Physicians also don't know if these abnormalities are dangerous, so the patients end up in surgery having part of their pancreas removed.

This means the immune system is attacking and destroying the parts of the pancreas involved in insulin production and regulation.

Your vet may remove small nodules from the pancreas or part of the pancreas, but the whole pancreas can not be removed.

The exocrine part of the pancreas is responsible for the production and release of a set of enzymes needed to break down food into small subunits.

When this part of the pancreas fails, the result is diabetes mellitus.

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, sometimes called pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA), pancreatic hypoplasia, malabsorbtion, or malassimilation, is a potentially life - threatening autoimmune disease which attacks the parts of the pancreas that produce digestive enzymes.

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency — sometimes called pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA), pancreatic hypoplasia, malabsorbtion, or malassimilation — is an autoimmune disease which attacks the parts of the pancreas that produce digestive enzymes.

They have worn out the insulin producing part of the pancreas.