Which of the following is not detected by endoscopy:
(a) duodenal ulcer
(b) pancreatitis
(c) gastric ulcer
(d) colon cancer
(e) oesophageal cancer
2007-06-05 07:16:04 · 6 answers · asked by jackycheongiohong 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Pancreatitis is diagnosed by blood tests. The others can be seen by upper or lower endoscopy.
2007-06-05 08:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B. Pancreatitis. The others are all intraluminal.
Cirric is right, though to be completely picky, we should point out that there is ERCP, so you might argue that "none of the above" could at least in some cases be the correct answer.
And I hate to argue with our favorite gas-passer, but the diagnosis is usually clinical. Serum lipase is not very sensitive and only moderately specific, and serum amylase is worse. CT imaging is occasionally useful, but there has to be a good deal of active disease, or a pseudocyst, or calcifications suggesting chronic pancreatitis.
2007-06-05 18:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pancreatitis
2007-06-05 14:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Hard to get to that dang pancreas.
2007-06-05 14:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b)
The others could be seen via the digestive tract, top to bottom.
2007-06-05 14:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be B
2007-06-05 14:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by Julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋