title: The increased echogenicity of the pancreas in infants and children: the white pancreas.
abstract: An increased echogenicity of the pancreas ("white pancreas") was sonographically found in 25 children with various pancreatic and systemic diseases. Fifteen patients with cystic fibrosis had a small white pancreas. Five patients with haemosiderosis, two with pancreatitis and one with Shwachman-syndrome presented with a normal-sized or slightly enlarged pancreas. Fatty infiltration and calcifications of the pancreas can also increase its echogenicity.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung und Gastroenterologische Abteilung, Universitäts-Kinderklinik im Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital, München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fendel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography