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Palpation is a method of feeling with the hands during a physical examination. The health care provider touches and feels the patient's body to examine the size, consistency, texture, location, and tenderness of an organ or body part.
Review Date:
1/22/2007
The palpebral slant is the direction of the slant of a line drawn from the outer corner of the eye to the inner corner.
Review Date:
8/15/2007
Pancreas divisum is a birth defect in which parts of the pancreas fail to join together. The pancreas is a long flat organ located between the stomach and spine.
Review Date:
5/3/2007
A pancreas transplant is surgery to implant a healthy pancreas from a donor into a patient with diabetes. Pancreas transplants give the patient a chance to become independent of insulin injections.
Review Date:
7/25/2007
A pancreatic abscess is cavity of pus within the pancreas.
Review Date:
11/14/2006
Pancreatic carcinoma is cancer of the pancreas.
Review Date:
9/11/2006
A pancreatic islet cell tumor is an uncommon tumor of the pancreas that arises from a cell in the pancreas, referred to as the islet cell. Normally, islet cells produce insulin and other hormones, and islet cell tumors can also produce hormones.
Review Date:
5/12/2006
A pancreatic pseudocyst is a collection of tissue, fluid, debris, pancreatic enzymes, and blood that can develop after acute pancreatitis.
Review Date:
1/9/2007
Pancreatitis is an inflammation or infection of the pancreas. The pancreas is located behind the stomach. It releases the hormones insulin and glucagon and substances that help with digestion.
Review Date:
5/3/2007
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes repeated, unexpected attacks of intense fear. These attacks may last from minutes to hours.See also: Generalized anxiety disorder
Review Date:
7/25/2006