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CASE REPORT
Agenesis of dorsal pancreas in a young adult: a rare cause of diabetes mellitus
  1. Satyendra Kumar Sonkar,
  2. Satish Kumar,
  3. Neeraj Kumar Singh
  1. Department of Medicine, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (King George Medical University), Lucknow, India
  1. Correspondence to Professor Satyendra Kumar Sonkar, satyendra.sonkar{at}gmail.com

Summary

Dorsal pancreatic agenesis is an extremely rare entity characterised by absence of body and tail of pancreas, while there are so many other developmental anomalies of the pancreas that have been reported. Here we report a 25-year-old young man who presented with pain in the abdomen, recurrent loose stools and hyperglycaemia. On radiological imaging study, there was complete agenesis of the dorsal pancreas except for thin stripe of tissue at the level of the uncinate process. Both exocrinedysfunction and endocrine dysfunction were present in this patient. Patient was supplemented with pancreatic enzyme preparation and insulin.

  • dorsal pancreatic agenesis
  • pancreatic anomaly
  • computed tomography
  • magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
  • atrophied

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Footnotes

  • Contributors SKS prepared the manuscript draft with important intellectual input from SK and NKS. All authors approved the final manuscript.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient consent Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.