Pancreatic cystic lesion in an infant

Pancreatic cystic lesions are rare clinical entities. To the best of our knowledge, only 38 cases have been reported in the English literature in children under the age of 2 years. We present a 2-month-old infant with a cystic lesion in the head of pancreas. We reviewed the possible causes and prese...

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Autores principales: Gentimi, F. E., Papandreou, E., Tzovaras, A. A., Antoniou, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731238
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.78137
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author Gentimi, F. E.
Papandreou, E.
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Antoniou, D.
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description Pancreatic cystic lesions are rare clinical entities. To the best of our knowledge, only 38 cases have been reported in the English literature in children under the age of 2 years. We present a 2-month-old infant with a cystic lesion in the head of pancreas. We reviewed the possible causes and present our dilemmas in the management of these patients.
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spelling pubmed-31199432011-06-30 Pancreatic cystic lesion in an infant Gentimi, F. E. Papandreou, E. Tzovaras, A. A. Antoniou, D. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Pancreatic cystic lesions are rare clinical entities. To the best of our knowledge, only 38 cases have been reported in the English literature in children under the age of 2 years. We present a 2-month-old infant with a cystic lesion in the head of pancreas. We reviewed the possible causes and present our dilemmas in the management of these patients. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3119943/ /pubmed/21731238 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.78137 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119943/
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