title: Chronic calcifying pancreatitis in children: a report of six cases.
abstract: 1. A study of six patients with Chronic Calcifying Pancreatitis (CCP) occurring over a 10 year period, representing an incidence rate of approximately 1:1,000 of the inpatients in the children's ward of a general hospital in central Brazil, is reported. 2. Major clinical manifestations as well as therapeutic management are described. 3. The possible relationship between CCP and primary protein-calorie malnutrition is discussed and the importance of a CCP diagnosis when dealing with malnourished children who do not respond satisfactorily to common therapy is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade, Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Penna
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Roquete
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Peret-Filho
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Figueiredo-Filho
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Starling
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications*