Dorsal pancreatic agenesis

Case contributed by Maulik S Patel
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Right sided abdominal pain and fever for last few days

Patient Data

Age: 16 years

An incidental finding is...

ultrasound

An incidental finding is uploaded here

Uncinate process - head - neck of pancreas are present; show normal echopattern.

There is abscence of pancreatic body and tail.

Case Discussion

Findings of a variant in pancreatic anatomy - Dorsal pancreatic agenesis.

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