Hello Doc, I want to consult regarding my mother s health. She has suffered 2 times with Pancreas infection and we managed to control the effect with help of medical assistance. As told this could be due to stones in gall bladder, but we got ultrasound and found none. I am concerned of the cause of the this infection. We live in Kanpur and can be available if needed for any check up.
Hello. There are sometimes micros tones (microlithiasis) or even sludge that descend from gallbladder to cause acute pancreatitis and not found with an abdominal ultrasound, so I'd have recommended a MRCP for a better diagnosis and in time of exacerbations still more sensitive. As for the remaining sequels after these recurrent episodes usually It's said that cholelithiasis is not a cause of chronic pancreatitis because when found like a cause its treated definitively with surgery. Don't forget about other causes(ingested medicines, high triglycerides, pancreas divisor, coledochocele, cystic fibrosis, sphincter of Odd dysfunction i.e) that your doctor should exclude carefully before the diagnosis.