Chronic pancreatitis in a patient with cystic fibrosis and clinical pancreatic insufficiency.
Pancreatitis occurs in up to 15% of patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic sufficiency, but the possibility of its occurrence in patients with pancreatic insufficiency has not been recognized. We describe a patient with homozygous delta F508 cystic fibrosis and typical symptoms of pancreatic insufficiency (greasy, fatty stools) in whom pancreatitis developed.
del Rosario
J F
JF
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583, USA.
Putnam
P E
PE
Orenstein
D M
DM
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*