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<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Korean J Intern Med</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine</journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1226-3303</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2005-6648</issn>
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<publisher-name>Korean Association of Internal Medicine</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3904/kjim.2021.374</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">kjim-2021-374</article-id>
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<subject>Image of Interest</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>Diabetic ketoacidosis and acute pancreatitis in a patient with agenesis of the dorsal pancreas</article-title></title-group>
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<name><surname>Jeong</surname><given-names>Chaiho</given-names></name></contrib>
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<name><surname>Yang</surname><given-names>Ye Seul</given-names></name></contrib>
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<name><surname>Son</surname><given-names>Hyun-Shik</given-names></name></contrib>
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<name><surname>Sohn</surname><given-names>Tae-Seo</given-names></name></contrib>
<aff id="af1-kjim-2021-374">Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary&#x02019;s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, 
<country>Korea</country></aff></contrib-group>
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<corresp id="c1-kjim-2021-374">Correspondence to: <bold>Tae-Seo Sohn, M.D.</bold>, Tel: +82-31-820-3652, Fax: +82-31-847-8077, E-mail: <email>imsts@catholic.ac.kr</email>, <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-3290" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-3290</ext-link></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>3</month>
<year>2022</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>16</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year></pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<issue>2</issue>
<fpage>484</fpage>
<lpage>485</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>13</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year></date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>20</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>23</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year></date></history>
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<copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
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<p>A 14-year-old girl without any previous disease presented to us with abdominal pain and vomiting. Her blood pressure and body temperature were 125/81 mmHg and 37.1&#x000B0;C, respectively. The laboratory findings were as follows: white blood cell count 27,530 &#x000D7; 10<sup>9</sup>/L, hemoglobin 11.7 g/dL, platelet count 408 &#x000D7; 10<sup>9</sup>/L, arterial blood gas analysis (pH 6.906, HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>&#x02212;</sup> 1.7 mEq/L, anion gap 37.3), serum glucose 421 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 9.7&#x00025;, total cholesterol 500 mg/dL, triglyceride 2,051 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol 16 mg/dL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol 59 mg/dL, amylase 979 U/L, lipase 987.5 IU/L, serum ketone 1.4 mmol/L, serum insulin 9.85 &#x003BC;IU/mL, and C-peptide 0.83 ng/mL. She was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) accompanied by acute pancreatitis, and received intensive treatment including hydration, insulin administration, and fasting. Enhanced abdominal computed tomography performed on hospitalization day 14 revealed the absence of pancreatic tissue in the body and tail of the pancreas (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2021-374" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1</xref>). Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography was also performed (<xref rid="f2-kjim-2021-374" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2</xref>). Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of the pancreatic neck, body, and tail. Most cases are asymptomatic, and the diagnosis is usually incidental during evaluation for an unrelated issue. Abdominal pain, pancreatitis, weight loss, diabetes, and jaundice are the most commonly associated symptoms and diseases. According to published reports, approximately 50&#x00025; of patients with ADP also have concomitant hyperglycemia. DKA and severe hypertriglyceridemia complicated by pancreatitis in a patient with ADP has rarely been reported, while ADP initially presenting with DKA accompanied by pancreatitis in early adolescence has never been described earlier.</p></body>
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<p>No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.</p></fn></fn-group>
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<label>Figure 1</label>
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<p>Contrast abdominal computed tomography scan shows the pancreatic head (A, red arrow), while the pancreatic body and tail are absent (B, red arrow). The head of the pancreas is diffusely enlarged with perilesional fat infiltration.</p></caption>
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<p>(A) Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography reveals the agenesis of dorsal pancreas. (B) Absence of the dorsal duct of Santorini is observed. In contrast the common bile duct and ventral duct of Wirsung (red arrow) are seen clearly.</p></caption>
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