A neuropsychic form of acute pancreatitis in a child. Apropos of a case

Destuynder, O.; Aubert, D.

Pediatrie 42(9): 687-689

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4021
PMID: 3451180
Document Number: 298302
We report the case of an 11 year-old girl with idiopathic acute pancreatitis in whom initial clinical symptomatology was resumed in marked neuropsychic signs and atypical abdominal pain. In such unusual circumstances, measurement of amylase levels as well as abdominal echography are of value for the diagnosis.

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