I was recently hospitalized for five days due to anemia and had to be given 3 pints of blood. my hemoglobin level was 6.5. While there oyher testing revealed i have a cyst on my pancreas and have to return in 3 months for another mri. I am quite concerned about this. Thank you
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. There are many causes for pancreatic cyst. But the common ones are1. Pseudocyst of pancreas2. Inflammatory abscess of pancrease3. Cystic malignancy. Pseudocyst can be due to trauma of abdomen. And it is usually subsided over time. Infection can cause inflammatory cyst too. And rarely malignancy can be seen as cyst. So better to repeat MRI after 3 months. If it is static or decreasing in size than chances of pseudocyst are more. But of OT is increasing in size than chances of malignancy are more. So get done repeat MRI.