1kinds of chronic stomach diseases: stomach disorders may have abdominal pain, but more food-related abdominal pain, jaundice rare, the use of X-ray barium meal examination and gastroscopy fiber is not difficult to identify.
2icteric hepatitis: the beginning of the two easily confused, but has a history of exposure to hepatitis, after dynamic observation, jaundice early serum transaminase, jaundice in 2~ 3 weeks after gradually subsided, serum alkaline phosphatase is not high.
3cholelithiasis, cholecystitis: abdominal pain paroxysmal colic, acute attack often have fever and increased leukocyte, jaundice subsided more in the near future or fluctuation, no significant weight loss.
4of primary liver cancer: often a history of hepatitis or liver cirrhosis, serum alpha-fetoprotein-positive, first have hepatomegaly, jaundice in the late, abdominal pain not due to changes in body position changes, ultrasonography and radionuclide scans can be found in the liver space-occupying lesions.
5: acute and chronic pancreatitis acute pancreatitis multiple binge eating history, illness sharp attack, white blood cells, blood and urine amylase elevation. Chronic pancreatitis can appear a pancreatic mass ( false cyst ) and jaundice, mimicking pancreatic cancer, pancreatic cancer and deep oppression of pancreatic duct can also cause pancreatic tissue surrounding the chronic inflammation. Plain abdominal radiography revealed pancreatic calcifications in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis have helped but some cases are sometimes difficult to differentiate the various check, at laparotomy operation with a very fine needle for percutaneous aspiration biopsy of the pancreas, to help identify.
6carcinoma of ampulla of Vater: periampullary cancer than pancreatic cancer is uncommon, disease since more than a sudden, there are jaundice, weight loss, skin itching, symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeding. And ampullary carcinoma started to polypoid protrusions, cancer itself, the texture soft and flexible, it often showed jaundice caused by fluctuation; abdominal pain is not significant, often complicated by cholecystitis, recurrent chills, fever more see. But it is still difficult to identify, the combination of ultrasound and CT to improve the diagnostic rate of. Ampullary cancer resection rate in more than 75%,5 years after operation of carcinoma of head of pancreas survival rate is high.
These symptoms are associated with gastrointestinal disease on the other phase differential, especially chronic pancreatitis, especially abdominal differential, because the two had abdominal pain and weight loss, malaise. For the chronic inflammation of the pancreas as a cancer diagnosis and treatment, also has in turn cancer misdiagnosed as inflammatory, so to be combined with other examinations to identify these symptoms.
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