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.
Das
Srikant
S
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Arora
N K
NK
Gupta
D K
DK
Gupta
A K
AK
Mathur
Prashant
P
Ahuja
Anjali
A
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