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Pancreatic changes with lifestyle and age: What is normal and what is concerning?
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Technical feasibility of AI-based longitudinal multi-organ volumetry on low-dose PET/CT over 13 years.Japanese journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Age-related changes in adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk: a longitudinal and prospective study in the UK Biobank.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Effect of Body Composition and Age on the Subjective and Quantitative Ultrasound Appearance of the Dogs' Pancreas.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2026Article
- MRI T1 signal intensity ratios correlate with fibrosis in recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
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- Lifespan Pancreas Morphology for Control Versus Type 2 Diabetes Using AI on Largescale Clinical Imaging.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Development of a prediction method for severe pancreatitis using a nomogram.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Application of D-LA and APOB/A1 combined with SIRI score in acute pancreatitis and concurrent infectious pancreatic necrosis.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Fatty Liver and Pancreatic Steatosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and C and Wilson's Disease.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2026Article
- Quantitative classification of pancreatic atrophy: the İstanbul morphometric pancreatic atrophy classification based on CT and MRI measurements.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sonographic Anatomy and Normal Measurements of the Human Kidneys: A Comprehensive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Inducible, but not constitutive, pancreatic REG/Reg isoforms are regulated by intestinal microbiota and pancreatic diseases.Mucosal immunology · 2025Article
- Increased depth of pancreas incisure on computed tomography as an independent predictor for T2DM.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage: Progress and future outlook.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Review
- Development and validation of a new formula to predict standard pancreas volume in Chinese adults using body surface area.Gland surgery · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Acute Pancreatitis Following Intragastric Balloon Insertion: A 7-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Vital Organ Fibrosis, and Chronic Inflammation Associated with High-Intensity and/or High-Volume Exercise Training: Double-Edged Sword Effects of Vigorous Physical Activity in Elderly People and/or in Middle-Age Cancer-Therapy-Treated Patients.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Association between intra-pancreatic fat deposition and diseases of the exocrine pancreas: A narrative review.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Evaluation of pancreatic iodine uptake and related influential factors in multiphase dual-energy CT.European radiology · 2024Article
- Pancreatic ultrasound: An update of measurements, reference values, and variations of the pancreas.Ultrasound international open · 2024Review
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Abstract
During the aging process, typical morphological changes occur in the pancreas, which leads to a specific "patchy lobular fibrosis in the elderly." The aging process in the pancreas is associated with changes in volume, dimensions, contour, and increasing intrapancreatic fat deposition. Typical changes are seen in ultrasonography, computed tomography, endosonography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Typical age-related changes must be distinguished from lifestyle-related changes. Obesity, high body mass index, and metabolic syndrome also lead to fatty infiltration of the pancreas. In the present article, age-related changes in morphology and imaging are discussed. Particular attention is given to the sonographic verification of fatty infiltration of the pancreas. Ultrasonography is a widely used screening examination method. It is important to acknowledge the features of the normal aging processes and not to interpret them as pathological findings. Reference is made to the uneven fatty infiltration of the pancreas. The differential diagnostic and the differentiation from other processes and diseases leading to fatty infiltration of the pancreas are discussed.
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