Diabetes mellitus type 2 MRI

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Overview

There are no specific MRI findings associated with diabetes mellitus. Nevertheless there are some data supporting pancreatic changes or hippocampal and amygdalar atrophy on MRI.

Study on diabetic patients shows that there is a pancreatic size difference between diabetic patients and normal population, based on MRI findings.^[1]
Brain MRI of diabetic patients demonstrated hippocampal and amygdalar atrophy on MRI, compared to non-diabetics.^[2]

↑ Bilgin, Mehmet; Balci, Numan Cem; Momtahen, Amir Javad; Bilgin, Yaşar; Klör, Hans-Ulrich; Rau, Wigbert S. (2009). "MRI and MRCP Findings of the Pancreas in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus". Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 43 (2): 165–170. doi:10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181587912. ISSN 0192-0790.
↑ den Heijer, T.; Vermeer, S. E.; van Dijk, E. J.; Prins, N. D.; Koudstaal, P. J.; Hofman, A.; Breteler, M. M. B. (2003). "Type 2 diabetes and atrophy of medial temporal lobe structures on brain MRI". Diabetologia. 46 (12): 1604–1610. doi:10.1007/s00125-003-1235-0. ISSN 0012-186X.