Pancreatic diseases in children in a north Indian referral hospital.
This was a cross-sectional study to determine the profile of pancreatic disorders in 54 children (age <15 years) presenting to a tertiary care center in India. Acute pancreatitis was the most common pancreatic disorder (28/54, 52%). Twenty-three children (43%) were diagnosed to have either chronic calcific (n = 15, 28%) or chronic non-calcific (n = 8, 15%) pancreatitis. Specific etiologic factors could be identified in 64.3% (18/28) of acute pancreatitis and 43.5% (10/23) of chronic pancreatitis patients. At least some of the 13 children with idiopathic chronic pancreatitis had features suggestive of tropical pancreatitis.
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Srikant
S
Das
N K
NK
Arora
D K
DK
Gupta
A K
AK
Gupta
Prashant
P
Mathur
Anjali
A
Ahuja
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012017:Referral and Consultation