Table 2 Characteristics of the selected studies
Studies | Clinical presentation | Pancreas imaging | Gene mutation |
|---|---|---|---|
Devarbhavi PK [3] | Diabetic ketoacidosis | Short pancreatic tail | Not assessed |
Sohn TS [4] | Severe hypertriglyceridemia, and acute pancreatitis | Pancreas tail and dorsal pancreas duct were not visualized | Not assessed |
Caetano LA [5] | Maturity onset diabetes of the young | Caudal pancreatic agenesis | Heterozygous variant in PDX1 |
Caetano LA [5] | Impaired glucose tolerance | Short pancreas tail | Heterozygous variant in PDX1 |
Cienfuegos JA [9] | DM, mucinous cysts and chronic calcific non-alcoholic pancreatitis | Mucinous cysts | Not assessed |
Liang K [14] | DM | Normal shape of pancreatic head | Not assessed |
Erotokritou A [17] | DM, nonspecific abdominal symptoms | Neuroendocrine tumor | Not assessed |
Kawasaki S [19] | Pancreatitis, Peutz-Jegher syndrome | Normal shape of pancreatic head | Not assessed |
Alexander E [21] | Pancreatic head cancer, obstructive jaundice | Hypo-vascular lesion in the head | Not assessed |
Suh PS [22] | DM | Cystic mass lesion | Not assessed |
Suh PS [22] | DM | Calcified cystic mass | Not assessed |
Riguetto CM [23] | DM, heterotaxy syndrome | Enlarged pancreas head | Not assessed |
Sonkar SK [24] | DM, recurrent loose stool and abdominal pain | Agenesis of dorsal pancreas | Not assessed |
Jain A [25] | DM, recurrent upper abdominal pain, fatigue | Pancreatic body and tail were not visible in MRCP | Not assessed |
Rodrigues P [26] | Neuroendocrine tumor | Nodular-lesion on pancreas head | Not assessed |
Chhabra P [27] | Epigastric pain aggravated by meals | Normal shape of pancreatic head | Not assessed |
Mustafa K [28] | DM, polysplenia, Kartagener syndrome, polycystic kidney disease. | Hypertrophied ventral pancreas | Not assessed |
Kabnurkar R [29] | Carcinoma of tongue | Normal shape of pancreatic head | Not assessed |
Saikaly E [30] | Mucinous adenocarcinoma and cystic teratoma | Complex cystic lesion | Not assessed |
Shahzad R [31] | No | Agenesis of dorsal pancreas | Not assessed |
Robert AP [32] | Right iliac fossa pain | Normal shape of pancreatic head | Not assessed |
Nassif S [33] | Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, endometrial stromal sarcoma | Mass at the neck of the pancreas | Not assessed |