Investigation of Pancreatic Sonography Findings in Patients With Beta-Thalassemia Major.

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    • Subject Terms:
      BLOOD sugar analysis; DIABETES risk factors; PANCREATIC physiology; PANCREAS; ACQUISITION of data methodology; CLINICAL trials; CROSS-sectional method; FERRITIN; RETROSPECTIVE studies; MEDICAL records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; DATA analysis software; BETA-Thalassemia
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      Objective: Some structural abnormalities have been reported on sonography of pancreas in patients with beta-thalassemia which can indicate that the patient is developing diabetes. In this study, the aim was to investigate the findings of pancreatic sonography in patients, with beta-thalassemia major. Methods: This cross-sectional study included information extracted from the medical record and entered into an information form. A cohort of 190 people were split into case and control groups, retrospectively. The required data were extracted from patient's documents. Data were analyzed with SPSS software, version 22; with the chi-square statistical tests. A P value of <.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: This study consisted of 33 males and 61 females in the case group and 32 males and 64 females in the control group. The most common echogenicity observed during pancreatic sonography, in the control group, was an isoechoic feature (72.3%), followed by hyper and hypoechogenicity (18.1% and 9.6%, respectively). The prevalence of an isoechoic texture in the patient case group was 58.3%, while hyper and hypoechogenicity were seen in 26% and 2.1%, respectively (P =.070). There was a poor negative correlation between diabetes and pancreatic echogenicity (P =.002 and r = −.226). Also, there was a poor positive correlation between fasting serum glucose levels and pancreatic echogenicity (P =.034, n = 96 and r =.217). Conclusion: This study demonstrates, in this patient group, that there was a poor relationship between pancreatic head size with serum ferritin levels and pancreatic echogenicity with diabetes. These results may suggest using sonography to diagnose early stages of diabetes in patients with thalassemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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