Gastrointestinal manifestations of diabetes mellitus: spectrum of imaging findings.

Diabetes mellitus is the most common multisystemic endocrine disorder. It can be complicated by several serious gastrointestinal manifestations that can be depicted by a variety of imaging methods. This article reviews the most commonly depicted gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary findings in patients with diabetes mellitus. These findings include motor dysfunction, biliary stasis with cholelithiasis and emphysematous cholecystitis, and fatty infiltration of the liver and pancreas.