Hereditary pancreatitis presenting in childhood: case report with family studies

A 12-year-old boy presented with recurrent abdominal pain and failure to thrive and was shown to have chronic calcific pancreatitis. Investigations failed to show any of the demonstrable causes of pancreatitis, but on family study four close paternal relatives were found to have had chronic pancreat...

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Published inAustralian paediatric journal Vol. 21; no. 3; p. 201
Main Authors Hilmer, R S, Nayanar, V V, Bohane, T D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia 01.01.1985
Subjects
Adult
Child
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Male
Pancreatitis - diagnostic imaging
Pancreatitis - genetics
Pancreatitis - therapy
Radiography
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Summary:A 12-year-old boy presented with recurrent abdominal pain and failure to thrive and was shown to have chronic calcific pancreatitis. Investigations failed to show any of the demonstrable causes of pancreatitis, but on family study four close paternal relatives were found to have had chronic pancreatitis, three with radiological calcification. No definable cause for pancreatitis had been determined in any of these relatives.
ISSN:0004-993X