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Complete Dorsal Pancreatic Agenesis: A Case Report, Ritish Gupta, Ashima Mittal, Bhavna Arora, Riya Aggarwal

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Complete agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP), an extremely rare congenital anomaly, is caused as ‘the dorsal pancreatic bud fails in developing the body and tail of the pancreas at the time of embryological development.’ There are nearly 100 cases of dorsal pancreatic agenesis till date. Most of the individuals with ADP are without symptoms; however, few may present with clinical manifestations like pancreatitis, epigastric pain, hyperglycemia, and diabetes mellitus. This is a case report of a 19-year-old female with ADP, who was diagnosed incidentally while undergoing radiological assessment for abdominal pain in left hypochondrium. As complete ADP is very …