Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ASCO Annual Meeting 2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Keep up to date with all the top stories and latest evidence with our hub page, including official congress videos and expert takeaways.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Internal and Emergency Medicine
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2012

01-02-2012 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas: a rare cause of diabetes

Authors: Masanori Shimodaira, Naoko Kumagai, Erisa Sorimachi, Mitsuhiko Hara, Kazufumi Honda

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2012

Login to get access

Excerpt

A 19-year-old Japanese man visited our department presenting with glycosuria that had been detected during a routine school urinalysis. The patient had undergone cardiac surgery at the age of 4 years for atrial and ventricular septal defects, and pulmonary artery stenosis. He denied any history of abdominal trauma, drug or alcohol intake, or gastrointestinal problems. His maternal grandmother had mild diabetes that began in middle age; whereas, his parents had no significant medical history including diabetes. …
Literature
1.
Schnedl WJ, Piswanger-Soelkner C, Wallner SJ, Reittner P, Krause R, Lipp RW, Hohmeier HE (2009) Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas and associated diseases. Dig Dis Sci 54:481–487PubMedCrossRef
2.
Rakesh K, Choung OW, Reddy DN (2006) Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) and pancreatitis is there an association? Indian J Gastroenterol 25:35–36PubMed
3.
Herman TE, Siegel MJ (1991) Polysplenia syndrome with congenital short pancreas. Am J Roentgenol 156:799–800
4.
Balasubramanian M, Shield JP, Acerini CL, Walker J, Ellard S, Marchand M, Polak M, Vaxillaire M, Crolla JA, Bunyan DJ, Mackay DJ, Temple IK (2010) Pancreatic hypoplasia presenting with neonatal diabetes mellitus in association with congenital heart defect and developmental delay. Am J Med Genet A 152A:340–346PubMedCrossRef
5.
Macari M, Giovanniello G, Blair L, Krinsky G (1998) Diagnosis of agenesis of the dorsal pancreas with MR pancreatography. Am J Roentgenol 170:144–146
Metadata
Title
Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas: a rare cause of diabetes
Authors
Masanori Shimodaira
Naoko Kumagai
Erisa Sorimachi
Mitsuhiko Hara
Kazufumi Honda
Publication date
01-02-2012
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-011-0620-9

Other articles of this Issue 1/2012

Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2012 Go to the issue

IM - Original

Uric acid in the early risk stratification of ST-elevation myocardial infarction

CE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Bedside renal ultrasonography: other utilities than hydronephrosis

Editor's Page

A positive 2011 balance for IEM

IM - REVIEW

Why TNF-α inhibition is not sufficient to avoid juxta-articular erosions in chronic arthritis?

EM - ORIGINAL

Role of Gallium-67 scintigraphy in the evaluation of occult sepsis in the medical ICU

EM - ORIGINAL

Endotrol-tracheal tube assisted endotracheal intubation during video laryngoscopy
Live Webinar | 27-06-2024 | 18:00 (CEST)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Reserve your place

Live: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

WHO estimates that half of all patients worldwide are non-adherent to their prescribed medication. The consequences of poor adherence can be catastrophic, on both the individual and population level.

Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.

Prof. Kevin Dolgin
Prof. Florian Limbourg
Prof. Anoop Chauhan
Developed by: Springer Medicine
Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

Read more

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine
Image Credits