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Hyperechoic pancreas means that the pancreas has some bright regions. This is usually caused by excessive pancreatic lipomatosis and may be an indicator of a chronic disease.
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What is Hyperechoic Mass in the tail of the Pancreas?
hyperechoic is a mass that has a dark appearance.
What is hyperechoic endometrium?
Normal in a premenopausal woman.
What is thickened hyperechoic endometrium?
A period about to happen.
What is hyperechoic mass in lower uterine segment?
boy or girl
What is hypoechoic?
A hypoechoic mass is a lump which appears darker on an ultrasound scan. These darker areas on an ultrasound scan are suggestive of a tumor.
Where is glucagon made?
Glucagon is made in the pancreas
Which organ in human body produces insulin?
The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes along with the enzymes insulin and glucagon.
Which endocrine gland is also part of the digestive system?
The pancreas is part of the Endocrine and Digestive Systems.
What is the scientific name for the pancreas?
That is the scientific name: pancreas.
What' gland controls blood glucose levels?
Pancreas
What is digested in the pancreas?
Food is not digested in the pancreas. In fact, food doesn't pass through the pancreas at all. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes to the small intestine (duodenum).
What does a hypoechoic nodule in soft tissues mean?
A thyroid nodule is simply a mass in your thyroid. Hyperechoic is a term used in ultrasound which determines how bright or dark the nodule is. Ultrasound is all black, white, and gray scales, so a hyperechoic nodule would be a mass in the thyroid that is BRIGHTER than the rest of the thyroid tissue.
