"His luck, indeed, isn't that good."
After careful observation, Liu Banxia said.
"This small gallstone is not very large and hasn't caused obstruction or narrowing of the pancreatic duct, so the patient doesn't have any typical symptoms of pancreatitis."
"However, one corner of this stone is quite sharp and keeps irritating the wall of the pancreatic duct. Plus, the combined action of pancreatic fluid has burned through the blood vessels in this area."
"We can also see several hyperplastic spots in the pancreatic duct, and we need to take samples from these areas. Whenever we see something suspicious, we should sample it to avoid missing any malignant changes."
"In a way, he's a bit lucky since it didn't cause much damage; otherwise, it would have required a pancreaticoduodenectomy, or even a total pancreatectomy if it were more severe."
