Abstract #1866

Pancreatic fat fraction is a marker of altered glucidic metabolism in thalassemia major

Antonella Meloni¹, Mario Nobile², Laura Pistoia¹, Vincenzo Positano¹, Emanuele Grassedonio², Petra Keilberg¹, Costanza Bosi³, Luciana Rigoli⁴, Giulia Guerrini⁵, Alessandra De Mitrio⁶, Massimo Midiri², and Alessia Pepe¹

¹MRI Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy, ²Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, ³Ospedale “G. Da Saliceto”, Piacenza, Italy, ⁴Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, ⁵P.O. Misericordia Grosseto, Grosseto, Italy, ⁶A.S.L. di Bari, Bari, Italy

Pancreatic fat fraction should be included in the routine MRI examination of thalassemia major patients and employed as an index of increased risk for development of impaired glucose tolerance and overt diabetes mellitus.

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