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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2915-2916
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2915
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2915
Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas
Lale Pasaoglu, Murat Vural, Hatice Gul Hatipoglu, Gokce Tereklioglu, Suha Koparal, Department of Radiology, Ankara Numune State Hospital, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Author contributions: Pasaoglu L, Vural M contributed equally to this case; Hatipoglu HG dealt with MR images; and Tereklioglu G and Koparal S wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Lale Pasaoglu, Ankara Numune State Hospital, Ankara 06100, Turkey. ldamgaci@hotmail.com
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Received: January 16, 2008
Revised: March 22, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
Revised: March 22, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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.
Keywords: Agenesis, Pancreatic anomaly, Computed tomography, Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography