[Chronic calcifying pancreatitis in a young patient in a tropical environment. Report of a case].
The authors report one case of calcifying, chronic pancreatitis in an 18-year-old patient, discovered during a diabetic coma. The patient had been suffering from steatorrhoea for several years, and his father had died from acute pancreatitis. Hereditary pancreatitis and nutritionally provoked, juvenile, tropical pancreatitis are discussed. The patient's brothers and sisters have not been examined yet.
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Clinique médicale, C.H.U., Dakar.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003926:Diabetic Coma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000150:complications
La pancréatite chronique calcifiante du sujet jeune en milieu tropical. A propos d'une observation.