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Pancreas 6mm cyst

Posted by tjberryi @tjberryi, 4 days ago

The Dr now says that the one that was there in the tail is gone but now I have another on top it’s 6mm too..is this normal? All of this occurred after a hysterectomy with a devinci robotic device. Could this be a small part of tissue that was overlooked.

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dbamos1945 | @dbamos1945 | 4 days ago

@tjberryi: “Cysts” described as a Wait&see from doc sets off a RED flag for me. Do yourself a favor and have repeat scans regularly to track size progression and additional issues associated in organ. I did not follow-up on my cysts and cancer discovered too late for surgery & metastases. If biopsy suggested consider sooner than later for your best health outcome. Just my 2cents.

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mcharlesfrancis | @mcharlesfrancis | 4 days ago

I would get second opinion from Dr. Evens and his team at Froedtert in WI school of Medicine. Seena Magowitz Foundation has a program that will facilitate this Zoom call.

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Turkey, Volunteer Mentor | @tomrennie | 4 days ago

@tjberryi Hi and Welcome to Mayo Connect. You said that you had a previous one on your tail that is gone, but this is on top. Was the previous one a cyst? On top of what? Is it also in the tail? Does a hysterectomy include the pancreas? Thank you.

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tjberryi | @tjberryi | 4 days ago

The previous one was 6mm on the tail, it was recently diagnosed as a cyst but has since disappeared. The new one was discovered in 2025 and is on the top lower part of my pancreas it is also 6mm. Around the same time I started having digestive problems, my food not breaking down taking over 8 hours sometimes regurgitated whole contents of stomach after 8 hours of fasting

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Turkey, Volunteer Mentor | @tomrennie | 3 days ago
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The previous one was 6mm on the tail, it was recently diagnosed as a cyst but has since disappeared. The new one was discovered in 2025 and is on the top lower part of my pancreas it is also 6mm. Around the same time I started having digestive problems, my food not breaking down taking over 8 hours sometimes regurgitated whole contents of stomach after 8 hours of fasting

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@tjberryi Do you think that they are related?

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tjberryi | @tjberryi | 3 days ago

Yes i really do it’s exactly the same size..where did the other one go? Is that common for them to disappear?

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Turkey, Volunteer Mentor | @tomrennie | 2 days ago
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Yes i really do it’s exactly the same size..where did the other one go? Is that common for them to disappear?

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@tjberryi I also think it is a little bizarre. I have never heard of them magically disappearing, but I am learning new stuff everyday especially here. Maybe someone will comment that knows more than us?

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whipple123 | @whipple123 | 6 hours ago

I had pancreatic cyst and it grew 5 times bigger in my 3 months MRI MRCP. I finally got Whipple done 7 months ago

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tjberryi | @tjberryi | 5 hours ago

How is it now? I hate to ask but what is a whipple?

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