title: Agenesis of dorsal pancreas confirmed by three-dimensional reconstruction CT.
abstract: Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) is a rare congenital pancreatic malformation in which all or part of the dorsal pancreatic body is absent. ADP is usually confirmed by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), but these methods are undesirable to patients because of strict limitations or invasiveness. We propose abdominal contrast-enhanced and three-dimensional reconstruction CT images as an improved method for ADP diagnosis, and present a case study of ADP confirmed with these methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of PET-CT/MR, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Munan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: CT; Dorsal pancreas; agenesis