Pancreatic Cancer Case Studies

Hello Jhoanna, Thank you for sharing your notion regarding high-resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the lung of children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Most body systems are affected by CF, however, lung disease causes the majority of morbidity and mortality in patients with CF (Puderbach et al., 2007). Other organs affected are the pancreas, kidneys, and liver. The most frequent abdominal organ affected in CF is the pancreas (Gillespie, O’ Reilly, Allen, McDermott, Chan, & Ridge, 2017). Patients with CF would manifest with pancreatic insufficiency, pancreatitis, and a higher chance of developing pancreatic cancer (Gillespie et al., 2017). Renal complications are rare but if they do occur, nephrolithiasis is the most common (Gillespie et al., 2017). Moreover, the extrapulmonary cause of death in CF is liver cirrhosis (Gillespie et al., 2017). What physical therapy treatment do you implement in patients with CF? …show more content…
References
Gillespie, C. D., O’Reilly, M. K., Allen, G. N., McDermott, S., Chan, V. O., & Ridge, C. A. (2017). Imaging the abdominal manifestations of cystic fibrosis. International Journey of Hepatology, 1-9. doi:10.1155/2017/5128760
Puderbach, M., Eichinger, M., Gahr, J., Ley, S., Tuengerthal, S., Schmahl, A., … Muller, F. (2007). Proton MRI appearance of cystic fibrosis: Comparison to CT. European Radiology, 17(3), 716-724.