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Cervical can mean other than spine..(sm)

Posted By: RadGurl on 2005-11-18
In Reply to: Doc keeps saying s/l cervical cysts but we're in the pancreas. - sgh

Subject: Cervical can mean other than spine..(sm)

it's also used as a general reference to the "neck" portion of a structure.  So where you would probably say cysts in the neck of the pancreas, he's saying cervical (meaning here neck of the pancreas) cysts. 





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