Pancreatic trauma: an unusual soccer injury.
We report a case of pancreatic duct laceration and acute pancreatitis resulting from blunt abdominal trauma sustained in a youth soccer match. Since this sports injury is unusual, a brief discussion of soccer injuries and of the management of pancreatic trauma in childhood is provided.
Rawls
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Department of Gastroenterology, Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX 76508, USA.
Custer
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MD
D000293:Adolescent; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012916:Soccer; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery