Acute Pancreatitis in Childhood

Abdominal complications of ascaris lumbricoides infestation in children

“…(11 Cases) Pancreatitis due to Ascaris has been regarded as a rarity, but perusal of the literature reveals many reports of isolated cases (Novis, 1923;Rigby, 1923;Gallie and Brown, 1924;Ch'in, 1933;Dobbs, 1935;Duncan, 1948;Ochsner and others, 1949;Moore, 1954;Kirk, 1958;van Rensburg and Kark, 1958), and in 1959 Ton, from Vietnam, reviewed a series of 189 cases, mostly adults. Our own experience leads us to believe that this complication of ascariasis is not a rarity in children and is about half as common as biliary obstruction.…”

Pancreatitis in children. A study in the North of England.

“…Dobbs (1935), in his review of published cases, found 3 cases out of a total of 15. Recently, pancreatitis has been described in child abuse (Pena and Medovy, 1973) as well as in accidental trauma.…”

“…Dobbs, reviewing published cases in 1935, found 3 reports of pancreatitis in children secondary to Ascaris lumbricoides. GaUstones, a relatively common factor causing pancreatitis in adults, has rarely been described in children (Dobbs, 1935;Hendren et al, 1965;Frey and Redo, 1963). Hendren et al thought that 3 of their patients had evidence of stenosis of the ampulla of Vater, one of which had hereditary pancreatitis.…”

“…Dobbs (1935) reported one case, and reviewed 14 published cases at that time. Hendren, Greep, and Patton (1965) reviewed 15 cases from their surgical experience in Boston, Massachusetts over 9 years.…”

Acute Pancreatitis in Childhood

“…years, but this association in childhood and early adolescence is very rare indeed (Dobbs, 1935;Bowers, 195 i). Acute pancreatitis has also been described in children following treatment with cortisone or ACTH (Baar and Wolff, I957;…”