Pancreatitis associated with SPINK1 mutation and pancreaticobiliary maljunction

Autor: Sirichamratsakul Kulpreeya, Laochareonsuk Wison, Chiengkriwate Piyawan, Sangkhathat Surasak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, Vol 53, Iss , Pp - (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-5766
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101376
Popis: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) in childhood is a rare condition and its etiology varies with mainly associated with genetic abnormalities, autoimmune pancreatitis, and obstruction. The authors describe a 6-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain and diagnosed as CP with an infected peripancreatic fluid collections (peri-PFC), and found a pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) together with a SPINK 1 mutation at N34S codon. This combination of an anatomical obstruction and genetic mutation should be aware, in early childhood presented with pancreatitis. Keywords: Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreaticobiliary maljunction, SPINK1 gene
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