[Endoscopic therapy for pancreatitis in children]

Arch Pediatr. 2006 Feb;13(2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.10.019. Epub 2005 Dec 15.
[Article in French]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis / surgery