Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 480

Chapter 480: Chapter 227: A Tumor Invisible to CT, Angiography

Fortunately, with four employees and him as the boss each handling their duties, they were able to complete the tasks on time.

As long as there aren’t too many patients, there’s generally no need for overtime.

Selling medicine and such doesn’t really take much time.

Just then, Li Jingsheng’s phone rang several times.

It was the sound of WeChat notifications.

Upon checking, it turned out to be from Director Lian Tao.

"I performed two more abdominal ultrasounds on the patient; one was done by myself, and there was no abnormality found in the pancreas."

"The CT and enhanced abdominal aorta and pancreas scan only showed multiple low-density lesions of varying sizes in the liver’s right, left, and tail lobes, with no signs of pancreatic lesions."

It seems Director Lian Tao still suspects there’s an issue with the patient’s pancreas!

Li Jingsheng had the same suspicion.

The patient’s inexplicable and continuous weight loss could either be due to a malignant tumor or diabetes. An issue with the pancreas would lead to poor absorption in the body.

Don’t be fooled by the pancreas’ small size, only fourteen or fifteen centimeters long and three or four centimeters wide, but it’s a very important digestive organ in the human body.

It helps the body digest fats, proteins, and glucose.

When it has problems, not only can it impair the body’s digestive capabilities, it can even be fatal.

Among all digestive organs, it is a very special existence.

If we liken the digestive organs to martial arts practitioners, it could be described as skillful both internally and externally.

Its exocrine function mainly involves the secretion of amylase, protease, and other substances by the pancreatic acini and ducts needed for digestion, including some important digestive fluids.

Its endocrine function primarily involves the secretion of glucagon for blood sugar control and insulin to regulate blood sugar levels.

From this, we can see that it plays an extremely important role in controlling the body’s digestive function as well as in regulating and managing blood sugar.

The patient’s stool is normal, indicating a low likelihood of an intestinal issue.

Liver function is normal as well.

The urinalysis is also normal.

This indeed raises suspicion that there’s an issue with the pancreas.

However, the patient’s fasting blood sugar is normal, and two abdominal ultrasounds suggest the pancreas is normal.

So where exactly is the problem?

The enhanced abdominal CT did not show any pancreatic lesions, but it did reveal low-density lesions in the liver, definitely indicating a problem.

"Why not do a vascular imaging?"

Li Jingsheng sent a reply to Lian Tao.

"Isn’t there some girl inviting you to dinner?"

Ou Qinglan saw Li Jingsheng holding his phone, looking quite engrossed, even leaving her momentarily ignored, and she felt a bit jealous.

Actually, she was quite good, belonging to the non-jealous type.

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