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Case Reports
. 2006 Feb;13(2):159-62.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.10.019. Epub 2005 Dec 15.

[Endoscopic therapy for pancreatitis in children]

[Article in French]
B Cagnard  1 , A Dabadie, M Rambeau, B Fremond, E Le Gall, J F Bretagne
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Case Reports

[Endoscopic therapy for pancreatitis in children]

[Article in French]
B Cagnard et al. Arch Pediatr. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Authors report on 3 cases of children treated by therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for pancreatitis (ERCP). The first child presented with familial pancreatitis: he was treated by sphincterotomy and lithiasis extraction. The second child presented with pancreatitis secondary to pancreas divisum: she was treated by sphincterotomy and stunt of small caroncula. The third child presented with severe pancreatitis with pseudocyst: after drainage she was treated by sphincterotomy, Wirsung dilatation and lithiasis extraction. ERCP is a beneficial treatment and may be alternative to surgery in complicated pancreatitis.

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