Management of pancreatic lithiasis in a 5-year-old girl.
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.
Yalçin
Sule
S
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ciftçi
Arbay O
AO
Simşek
Halis
H
Haliloğlu
Mithat
M
Sahin
Burhan
B
Senocak
M Emin
ME
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*