Medical Student Education in General Surgery

CHALLENGE OF A CASE

A 27-year-old healthy woman presented with abdominal fullness and pain, and the following CT scans were obtained:

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  Directions: Left click in the circle by your answer.

What is in your differential diagnosis?

 a.  Splenic cyst
b.  Mesenteric cyst
c.  Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
d.  Cystic neoplasm of the pancreas
e.  Pseudocyst

What is the treatment?

 a.  Observation
b.  Needle aspiration
c.  Resection
d.  Chemotherapy

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