Hypoplasia of the pancreas in a patient with type I diabetes mellitus.
Pancreatic hypoplasia is an uncommon developmental defect that has not been well documented in association with type I diabetes mellitus. We report the case of a patient with an atypical clinical onset of type I diabetes mellitus who died following pancreas transplantation. Autopsy showed the surprising finding of hypoplasia of the native pancreas with other features indicating the concurrence of type I diabetes mellitus. These findings lead to speculation about the occurrence and interaction of these two diseases in our patient.
Carroll
P B
PB
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Finegold
D N
DN
Becker
D J
DJ
Locker
J D
JD
Drash
A L
AL
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation