HEREDITARY PANCREATIC LITHIASIS

Hereditary pancreatitis with lithiasis in a 7-year-old boy.

A seven year male child, a product of non-consanguinous marriage was brought with recurrent attacks of abdominal pain, diarrhea, failure to thrive for the last three years and progressive night blindness for the last 6 months. He had episodes of abdominal pain, each lasting for two to three days, the frequency decreasing from once a week initially to once a month later. Pain was moderate to sev...

Management of pancreatic lithiasis in a 5-year-old girl.

Pancreatic lithiasis causing chronic pancreatitis is a very rare entity in childhood. A five-year-old girl presenting with pancreatic lithiasis was treated successfully with a well-organized diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm. The authors emphasize that early diagnosis followed by appropriate therapeutic pancreatographic procedures instead of primary invasive surgical approach can certainly a...

Hereditary Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Cancers

Hereditary etiologies of pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers are increasingly recognized. An estimated >10% of pancreatic and increasing number of hepatobiliary cancers are hereditary. The cumulative risk of hereditary pancreatic cancer ranges from measurable but negligible in cystic fibrosis to a sobering 70% in cases of hereditary pancreatitis. Candidates for pancreatic cancer surveillance a...

Biliary Lithiasis

[Urinary lithiasis].

The introduction of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and the development of "minimally invasive" endourological procedures have completely changed the management of urinary calculi. Nevertheless, some aspects in this field still remain controversial. Conservative management is the first option, when the stone can pass spontaneously. The majority of the patients can be successfully t...