All issues > Volume 33(3); 1990

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(3):398-403. Published online March 31, 1990.

A Case of Chronic Relepsing Pancreatitis with Calcification in Childhood.

Yo Han Kim¹, Min Sik Kim¹, Moo Young Song¹, Eun Ryoung Kim¹, Jong Duk Lee¹, Soon Jai Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received: July 18, 1989;  Accepted: October 20, 1989.

Abstract

A 9-vear-old girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain. Investigations failed to show any of the demonstrable causes of pancreatitis, but she was found to have pancreatic calcifications with the help of the plain abdominal x-ray, abdominal ultrasound and abdominal C—T scan. Pancreatic calcifications are virtually pathognomonic of chronic pancreatitis. We report this case and review related literatures briefly.

Keywords :Chronic relapsing pancreatitis, Pancreatic calcification