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Re: Dr. Sam: Pancreatic Tumor?

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:24:18 +0200

Hi Sharron,

Pancreatic tumors are extremely rare and not typically at age 17. How was this diagnosed (ultrasound, CT, NMR)? Isn't it the other way around, that her pancreas is overproducing insulin because of PCOS? Looking forward to further info

Sam

> Dr. Sam,
> In case you dont remember ( I know you help alot of people) my 17 year
> old daughter was diagnosed in May with PCOS. Yesterday was her 1st
> appointment with her new RE. Up until now she was seeing an Endo. We
> were told yesterday that she has a tumor or growth on her pancreas that
> was causing all her PCOS symptoms, the excessive hair growth,the insulin
> problem, etc. The RE kept talking about how rare this was yet
> everything I have read since yesterday seems to lean toward beign tumors
> being rare and the majority being cancer. Any info that you can send my
> way I would really appreciate. She is only on Ortho Tri Cyclen and
> spiro. Also I dont mean to sound gross but does her nausea and very
> frequent diarrhea have anything to do with this tumor or growth.
>
> Thank you in advance
> Sharron
>

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