Clinical description The severity of the disease depends on the amount of functional pancreatic tissue present. [orpha.net]

With partial agenesis of the dorsal pancreas, the size of the body of the pancreas varies, there is a remnant of the duct of Santorini, and the minor duodenal papilla is present. [radiopaedia.org]

Patients with heterotaxy syndrome present a prevalence of congenital cardiac diseases in 50% to 100% of the cases (4,5). [rb.org.br]

• Inflammation

  A, Enlarged and inflamed pancreas ( arrows ) with diffuse peripancreatic inflammation ( small arrows ). [clinicalgate.com]

  Pancreatitis — Inflammation of the pancreas, either acute (sudden and episodic) or chronic, usually caused by excessive alcohol intake or gallbladder disease. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  A consecutive autopsy study documented chronic pancreatic inflammation in 13% of cases, and while few cases carried a clinical diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis, there was a significantly higher incidence of chronic pancreatic inflammation in patients [pancreapedia.org]

  Nevertheless, in these cases, the classical imaging features of inflammation may be altered by the FI background and diagnostic confusion may result. [jbsr.be]

• Malnutrition

  Chronic pancreatitis results in progressive exocrine and endocrine dysfunction with the development of maldigestion and malabsorption of nutrients resulting in malnutrition, glucose intolerance and eventually overt diabetes as the normal pancreas microarchitecture [pancreapedia.org]

• Anemia

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• Recurrent Bacterial Infection

  bacterial infections. ( 18547237 ) Taha D....Polak M. 2008 31 Dorsal pancreatic agenesis. ( 17625298 ) Uygur-BayramiAsli O....Oztas D. 2007 32 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: agenesis of the dorsal pancreas. ( 16677169 ) Lingareddy S....Nageshwar Reddy [malacards.org]

• Osteoporosis

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  Maintaining sufficient levels of vitamin D is essential to prevent the development of metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis (39). [pancreapedia.org]

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• Colitis

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  The patient was imaged 3 times during a 6-year period because of recurrent episodes of ischemic colitis. [jbsr.be]

• Liver Biopsy

  Biopsy, and Approach to Gastrointestinal Tract Biopsies. [books.google.de]

Management and treatment Management involves treatment of the diabetes and exocrine deficiency, when present. Prognosis The prognosis for patients is variable, depending on the quality of treatment received. [orpha.net]

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Prognosis The prognosis for patients is variable, depending on the quality of treatment received. The documents contained in this web site are presented for information purposes only. [orpha.net]

PROGNOSIS 40% mortality in infants because of associated congenital anomalies 34. [slideshare.net]

Patients with this type of cancer still have a dismal prognosis (20% 5-year survival rate with surgery and 5% without). [clinicalgate.com]

Etiology Pancreatic agenesis has been associated with mutations in the PDX1 gene (13q12.1), which encodes the insulin promoter factor-1 (IPF-1) transcription factor. [orpha.net]

We sequenced GATA6 in the remaining 171 patients in whom no genetic etiology had been identified. [diabetes.diabetesjournals.org]

The etiology of the abdominal pain of congenital abnormality of the pancreas is unknown and has been presumed to be due to pancreatitis or autonomic neuropathy similar to that in patients with diabetes mellitus. [5 ] Diabetes was present in most of the [tropicalgastro.com]

SPINK1 and/or CFTR mutations (38)), as well as idiopathic causes when no clear etiology is identified. [pancreapedia.org]

These findings may have clinical relevance with a possible increased risk for intestinal volvulus, diabetes mellitus or pancreatitis.The certain underlying etiology of polysplenia is unknown. [clinmedjournals.org]

Summary Epidemiology It is a rare disorder with only around 50 cases being reported in the literature so far. Clinical description The severity of the disease depends on the amount of functional pancreatic tissue present. [orpha.net]

EPIDEMIOLOGY 4–14% of the population autopsy series 3–8% at ERCP 9% at MRCP Lehman GA, Sherman S Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 1998 7. INDIAN DATA 4.5% male and 6% female cadavers Sahni D, et al. [slideshare.net]

Epidemiology While diseases of the pancreas are uncommon, diabetes mellitus is common in patients with pancreatic disease and following pancreatic resection. [pancreapedia.org]

Pancreatic physiology, pathophysiology, acute and chronic pancreatitis. Gastrointestinal Teaching Project, American Gastroenterologic Association. 2003; Ref. 17]. 5. [pancreapedia.org]

Pancreaticobiliary maljunction: pathophysiological and clinical aspects and the impact on biliary carcinogenesis. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2003 ;388(2):122–131. Medline, Google Scholar 22 Cha SW, Park MS, Kim KW et al.. [pubs.rsna.org]

An awareness of these anomalies may help in surgical planning and prevention of inadvertent ductal injury. [kjronline.org]

[…] not prevent nor is a treatment for T3cDM. [pancreapedia.org]

Aggressive therapy to prevent progression Pancreatitis  Aggressive management 13. [slideshare.net]

Knowledge of pancreatic embryology and of normal anatomic variants is essential to identify these entities and help differentiate them from pathologic conditions, thus preventing potential unnecessary imaging investigation or more invasive procedures [pubs.rsna.org]