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pediatric acute pancreatitis

Friday 16 May 2008

Etiology

- mumps
- septicemia
- steroids
- drugs
- collagen vascular diseases
- congenital anomalies

  • choledochal cyst
  • annular pancreas
  • extrahepatic biliary atresia

- postoperative complications
- intestinal obstruction
- poor nutrition
- pancreatic trauma
- pancreatic cystic fibrosis

Complications

- pancreatic pseudocysts
- pancreatic abcesses

See also

- pediatric chronic pancreatitis