Gastrointestinal duplications causing relapsing pancreatitis in children.
Two cases of children with relapsing pancreatitis due to intramural gastrointestinal duplications with ductal communication to the pancreas are reported. A gastric duplication with ectopic pancreatic tissue was detected by endoscopic cholangiopancreatography in the gastric antrum of a 6-yr-old girl. A periampullary duodenal duplication was visualized preoperatively by duodenoscopy and computed tomography in a 10-yr-old boy. Resection of the duplication was curative in each case.
Lavine
J E
JE
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.
Harrison
M
M
Heyman
M B
MB
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications