The liver plays a pivotal role in glucose metabolism, so 60-80% of patients with cirrhosis experience impaired glucose tolerance and hyperinsulinemia, and 10-50% develop diabetes. This study was intended to clarify the extent to which pancreatic MRI findings are affected by the presence of diabetes mellitus in patients with liver cirrhosis. On 3-T MRI, size of the pancreas was significantly increased, the grade of pancreatic lobulation was significantly reduced, and pancreatic SIRs on T2WI with fat suppression were significantly increased in cirrhotic patients complicated with diabetes as compared to cirrhotic patients without diabetes.
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