Acute pancreatitis in a child with sickle cell anemia.
A case of pancreatitis that occurred as a complication of a vaso-occlusive crisis in a child with sickle cell anemia is reported. We encourage others to consider pancreatitis as a cause for abdominal pain in children with multisystem diseases, particularly those that may cause ischemic organ injury such as sickle cell anemia.
Sheehan
A G
AG
Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada.
Machida
H
H
Butzner
J D
JD
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*