title: Chronic pancreatitis with diffuse fibrosis in early childhood.
abstract: A 2-year old girl is described in which biliary obstruction was the initial presentation of chronic pancreatitis. A pancreatic biopsy done at laparotomy showed extensive fibrosis not explained by her short clinical course. Chronic pancreatitis with fibrosis in childhood is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Infant Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Disease, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY 14222.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Elitsur
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sloven
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Afshani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lebenthal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002758:Cholangiography; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography