title: Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas.
abstract: Developmental anomalies of the pancreas have been reported but dorsal pancreatic agenesis is an extremely rare entity. We report an asymptomatic 62-year-old woman with complete agenesis of the dorsal pancreas. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a normal pancreatic head, but pancreatic body and tail were not visualized. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were similar to CT. At magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), the major pancreatic duct was short and the dorsal pancreatic duct was not visualized. The final diagnosis was dorsal pancreatic agenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Numune State Hospital, Ankara 06100, Turkey. ldamgaci@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lale
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pasaoglu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: Hatice-Gul
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
authors.forename: Gokce
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tereklioglu
authors.forename: Suha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koparal
mesh_terms: D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed