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CT scan revealed a normal-appearing pancreatic head, body, uncinate process and partial absence of the body-tail portion.
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CT scan, performed by an expert radiologist, revealed the presence of small sized pancreas, due to partial agenesis of its dorsal portion (Fig. 1).
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CT images reveals the absence of the pancreatic tail body-portion.
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Subsequently, due to the clinical suspect (blood tests result normal except high glucose level of 221 mg/dl), CT scan (Fig. 2) and MRI (Fig. 3) were performed, that confirmed the presence of biliary sludge, microlithiasis of the gallbladder, small and non-obstructive filling defect in the common bile duct, probably due to lithiasis, and also the absence of the pancreatic body-tail portion was confirmed, as partial dorsal agenesis.