title: [Treatment of pain in chronic calcifying pancreatitis with endoscopy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. A case report].
abstract: Abdominal pain is the most frequent symptom of chronic pancreatitis and may, on occasions, lead to great treatment problems. The case of a 56-years-old patient with idiopathic chronic pancreatitis calcifying who showed intracanalicular lithiasis is reported. Treatment with endoscopy and extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was successful.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Ramos Mejía, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arguto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chopita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cirilo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clavier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piegari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cremer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandermeeren
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jagodzinski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solanas
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dumonceau
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography