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Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis: a cause of obstructive jaundice in childhood

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Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis is a chronic process of unknown etiology characterized by extensive infiltration of the pancreatic parenchyma by fibrous tissue [1, 2]. This disease process is uncommon in the pediatric patient and is consequently rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and jaundice in the child. The sonographic demonstration of a dilated biliary tree and common bile duct compressed by an enlarged pancreas may be the first suggestion of this entity. Two patients with idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice are reported with a review of the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic findings.

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  1. Department of Radiology of the Emory University School of Medicine and the Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    G. O. Atkinson Jr., J. B. Wyly, B. B. Gay Jr. & T. I. Ball

  2. Department of Pathology of the Emory University School of Medicine and the Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    K. J. Winn

  3. Department of Radiology, Egleston Hospital for Children, 1405 Clifton Road, NE, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA

    G. O. Atkinson Jr.

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Atkinson, G.O., Wyly, J.B., Gay, B.B. et al. Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis: a cause of obstructive jaundice in childhood. Pediatr Radiol 18, 28–31 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395756

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