Pancreatic Lithiasis

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...

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...

Familial pancreatitis with lithiasis.

Renal lithiasis and nutrition

Renal lithiasis is a multifactorial disease. An important number of etiologic factors can be adequately modified through diet, since it must be considered that the urine composition is directly related to diet. In fact, the change of inappropriate habitual diet patterns should be the main measure to prevent kidney stones. In this paper, the relation between different dietary factors (liquid int...