title: Acute Pancreatitis in Pediatric Patients: Demographics, Etiology, and Diagnostic Imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to provide updates on acute pancreatitis in children regarding the imaging findings, causes, and complications based on a review of the current studies in the pediatrics literature. We discuss the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis, the role of imaging and imaging findings in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, and the causes and complications of acute pancreatitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of acute pancreatitis is increasing in children. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis because imaging findings can be used to establish the cause of acute pancreatitis, evaluate for complications of acute pancreatitis, and possibly predict the course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Miami Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62 Ave, Miami, FL 33155-3009.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Restrepo
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medical Education, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL.
authors.forename: Heidi E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Hagerott
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medical Education, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL.
authors.forename: Sakil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Medical Imaging, Nemours/A. I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Medical Imaging, Wilmington, DE.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasrebi
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Edward Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: CT; MRI; pancreatitis; pediatrics; ultrasound