title: Pancreatitis as an unusual presentation of rhabdomyosarcoma.
abstract: The most common etiologies of acute pancreatitis in children are trauma, multi-system disease, drugs, infections, idiopathic and congenital anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary system. Acute pancreatitis is rarely associated with underlying childhood malignancies. We report a 12-year-old male with acute pancreatitis as the presenting symptom of an alveolar metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Oncology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. mdebora.depasquale@opbg.net
authors.forename: Maria Debora
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: De Pasquale
authors.forename: Maria Antonietta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: De Ioris
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pessolano
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donfrancesco
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Sio
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed