Pancreatic imaging is usually abnormal in subjects with CFRD, while it is normal in approximately one third of CF control subjects. Pancreatic calcification is a specific feature observed in subjects with CFRD.
Cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD) is observed in 20-50% of adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). Pancreas abnormalities on imaging, e.g. pancreas lipomatosis, are frequent in subjects with CF. We hypothesized that specific abnormalities may characterize patients with CFRD. We performed a retrospective study comparing the computed tomography (CT) of participants with CF with or without diabetes (CFRD and CF control groups). We classified the pancreas on imaging according to 3 categories: normal, partial lipomatosis and complete lipomatosis of the pancreas. We also assessed the presence or absence of pancreatic calcifications. Forty-one CFRD and 53 CF control participants were included. Only 2% of the patients with CFRD had a normal pancreas, as compared with 30% of the participants from the CF control group (p=0.0016). Lipomatosis was more frequent in subjects with CFRD and was related to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and to severe CFTR mutations (classes I to III). Nine participants with diabetes (22%) presented with pancreatic calcifications, versus none of the control participants (p=0.0003). In conclusion, pancreas imaging was almost always abnormal in subjects with CFRD, while it was normal in a third of the CF control subjects. Pancreatic calcifications were specific of subjects with CFRD.
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