title: Pancreatic calcification in diabetes mellitus at Ilorin, Nigeria.
abstract: Plain abdominal radiograph showed pancreatic calcification in four cases (5.2%) in a total of 77 cases of diabetes mellitus. All patients with calcified pancreas were insulin-dependent male diabetics. No direct relationship was observed between duration of illness and presence of calcification in the pancreas. Low incidence of pancreatic calcification among diabetics in recent reports from Nigeria probably suggests a changing pattern of the disease in the tropics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nzeh
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Erasmus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography