title: [Nonoperative treatment of pancreatic pseudocyst in children].
abstract: 3 children with pseudocyst of the pancreas resulting from blunt abdominal trauma are described (boys 6 and 8.5 years old, and a 6.5-year-old girl). Based on abdominal ultrasound and CT findings, nonoperative treatment was elected. There was spontaneous resolution in 1 and in the other 2 the pseudocyst was successfully drained. Previous reports and our own results indicate that it is safe to treat pancreatic pseudocysts in children after blunt abdominal trauma.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Izhar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verstandig
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abu-Dalu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiller
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging