Gray-scale echography of traumatic pancreatic cysts in children.
We report two cases of pancreatic pseudocysts in children developing after blunt trauma to the abdomen. Gray-scale echography provides a safe and exact method in establishing the diagnosis and in the follow-up of the disease. In one case the pancreatic pseudocyst resolved spontaneously justifying our opinion that not all pseudocysts require surgical intervention provided the appropriate clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic controls are available.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography