title: Chronic pancreatitis associated with ulcerative colitis.
abstract: A twelve-year-old girl without apparent predisposing factors developed chronic pancreatitis, and 10 months later had fulminant onset of ulcerative colitis requiring a colectomy. This report strengthens the evidence for a relationship between pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*