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  • Title: Gallstone pancreatitis in adolescents.
    Author: De Waele B, Willems G.
    Journal: Acta Chir Belg; 1988; 88(5):319-21. PubMed ID: 3223179.
    Abstract:
    Two female adolescents, 16 and 18 years of age respectively, had to be operated for gallstone pancreatitis. They represented 2.2% of all patients with this disorder, admitted from 1978 to 1987 in our department. In one patient cholelithiasis was associated with obesity, in the other there was a positive family history of gallstones. Congenital anomalies of the biliary tract, hemolytic disorders, early pregnancy and other predisposing factors were absent. Although unfrequent, gallstone pancreatitis is a serious cause of acute abdominal distress in adolescents which can lead to severe morbidity. Adequate biliary tract surgery is curative.
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