Sivanesan was a 70 odd years old male. A seemingly healthy old man had an episode of weight loss and on a not so fine day he collapsed all of a sudden. He was rushed to a hospital in Chennai by his family members. Thereafter a series of tests were conducted that showed a mass in the pancreatic head and jaundice by the hospital. So doctors thought it could be pancreatic cancer. Were they right? Was their diagnosis right? Let us get the whole story.
People think that some physicians or surgeons insist on diagnostic reports like Ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI without any reason. As a matter of fact, these modern diagnostic tools are a boon. This is a story of a young mother, aged just 29, who missed out on crucial time to get her otherwise simple gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) a complicated one.
A middle-aged man, around 55, approached me when the COVID-19 lockdown was just underway in March 2020. He was diabetic, had hypertension, conditions that are not uncommon for people of that age these days. He complained of severe abdominal pain and I diagnosed him for the presence of gallstones. I recommended him to get a gallbladder removal surgery done.
