title: Management of pancreatic lithiasis in a 5-year-old girl.
abstract: Pancreatic lithiasis causing chronic pancreatitis is a very rare entity in childhood. A five-year-old girl presenting with pancreatic lithiasis was treated successfully with a well-organized diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm. The authors emphasize that early diagnosis followed by appropriate therapeutic pancreatographic procedures instead of primary invasive surgical approach can certainly ameliorate progressive and irreversible pancreatic damage. The clinicopathologic features of this rare entity are discussed, with emphasis on diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: Arbay O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Ciftçi
authors.forename: Halis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Simşek
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloğlu
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: M Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Senocak
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*