Abstract:Pancreatic injuries originating from blunt trauma are considerably rare. Diagnosis and treatment are difficult because of retroperitoneal localization of the organ. In the early term, normal physical examination and normal pancreatic amylase levels may cause the diagnosis to be overlooked. Contrastenhanced computed tomography is the major diagnostic tool of intra-abdominal injuries. In this article, we report a case of a child who fell from his bicycle resulting in admission and was diagnosis of isolated pancr… Show more
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