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On an abdominal ultrasound scan, the machine can produce images of liquids and soft tissues pretty well, but hard tissues like bone and air pockets do not produce images. To have a pancreas be obscured by bowel gas means a loop of intestines had a pocket of gas in it that was between the probe and the pancreas, so the pancreas could not be evaluated by the ultrasound.
There is no disease or pathology present, just the intestines getting in the way of the scan of the pancreas.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThis could occur with an unusually large accumulation of gas in the small intestines. The pancreas sits between two loops of the proximal (near the stomach) end of the small intestines, so if they small intestines become filled with gas, you wouldn't be able to see the pancreas.
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∙ 11y agoCancer symthyms
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What is an overlying bowel?
Overlying bowel gas is more or less exactly what it sounds like - a bubble of air in the intestines that is on top of another structure you want to image with the ultrasound. Unfortunately, air bounces ultrasound waves back and doesn't allow you to see what's behind it, so you may see "overlying bowel gas" in an ultrasound report indicating the technician was unable to see some of the abdominal viscera.
What is obscured pancreas?
It's something you need to talk to the vet about dude.
What is the medical term meaning obscured by overlying osseous structures?
The medical term meaning obscured by overlying osseous structures is "osteopaque" or "osteodense." This refers to an area on medical imaging, such as X-rays or CT scans, where bone tissue blocks or makes it difficult to see underlying structures or pathology.
I have chrons disease and had an mri and this is what they found moderately distended loop of the bowel identified anterior to the pancreas?
Anterior means before or in front of so what they have found is a swollen part of the bowel located in front of the pancreas. It merely gives them a location to find the diseased portion of the bowel.
What is bowel gas?
Overlying bowel gas is more or less exactly what it sounds like - a bubble of air in the intestines that is on top of another structure you want to image with the ultrasound. Unfortunately, air bounces ultrasound waves back and doesn't allow you to see what's behind it, so you may see "overlying bowel gas" in an ultrasound report indicating the technician was unable to see some of the abdominal viscera.
What does mean kidney obscured by bowel gas?
It means there was enough excrement in the large intestine that it was difficult to see the kidneys during the imaging study.
Is Pancreatic cancer the same as bowl cancer?
No they are not the same. Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (which includes the colon and rectum) or the small bowel. Situated in the upper half of the abdomen, the pancreas is part of the digestive system. For more straightforward information on pacreatic and bowel cancer visit the related links below.
How many body parts can you replace with parts donated by other people?
The kidneys, heart, liver lungs, pancreas and the small bowel.
What is a sentence that uses the word obscured?
The cloud obscured the sun. He obscured their view of the televsion set.
Who obscured the fame of Cimabue?
who obscured the fame of Cimabue
Will your bowels still move if you have pancreas?
You almost certainly do have a pancreas, since that is one of the internal organs with which human beings are born, and without it you could not fully digest your food, and you would also have no insulin secretion, leading to an extremely serious case of diabetes. Having a pancreas does not in any way interfere with bowel movements.
What do you call a specialist that deals with bowel problems?
A gastroenterologist diagnoses and treats diseases of the digestive organs, including the stomach, esophagus, intestines, pancreas, liver and gallbladder.
