Pancreatic calcification in an 18-yr-old patient following gallstone pancreatitis and recurrent pseudocysts.
Most authors believe that biliary pancreatitis rarely progresses to chronic pancreatitis. Here, we present a case of an 18-yr-old white male with a history of gallstone pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocyst resulting in radiographic and pathologic evidence of pancreatic calcification over a 16-mo period.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed