title: Dorsal agenesis of the pancreas - a rare cause of abdominal pain and insulin-dependent diabetes.
abstract: Dorsal agenesis of the pancreas is a rare congenital disorder. We report a case of a 65-year-old man with mild abdominal pain and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed a short pancreas with no pancreatic tissue ventral to the splenic vein. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) visualized the absence of a dorsal duct system and confirmed the suspicion of complete agenesis of the dorsal pancreas. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was also performed to rule out pancreatic malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden. kristina.lang@med.lu.se
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lång
authors.forename: Ake
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lasson
authors.forename: Markus F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thorlacius
authors.forename: Ervin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000379:methods; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography