TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatitis as an unusual presentation of rhabdomyosarcoma
AU - De Pasquale, Maria Debora
AU - De Ioris, Maria Antonietta
AU - Serra, Annalisa
AU - Pessolano, Rosanna
AU - Donfrancesco, Alberto
AU - De Sio, Luigi
PY - 2009/7/1
Y1 - 2009/7/1
N2 - The most common etiologies of acute pancreatitis in children are trauma, multi-system disease, drugs, infections, idiopathic and congenital anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary system. Acute pancreatitis is rarely associated with underlying childhood malignancies. We report a 12-year-old male with acute pancreatitis as the presenting symptom of an alveolar metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.
AB - The most common etiologies of acute pancreatitis in children are trauma, multi-system disease, drugs, infections, idiopathic and congenital anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary system. Acute pancreatitis is rarely associated with underlying childhood malignancies. We report a 12-year-old male with acute pancreatitis as the presenting symptom of an alveolar metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.
KW - Pancreatic metastasis
KW - Pancreatitis
KW - Rhabdomyosarcoma
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U2 - 10.1002/pbc.21901
DO - 10.1002/pbc.21901
M3 - Article
C2 - 19213073
AN - SCOPUS:67650432509
VL - 52
SP - 879
EP - 880
JO - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
JF - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
SN - 1545-5009
IS - 7
ER -