Pancreatitis as an unusual presentation of rhabdomyosarcoma.

Pediatr Blood Cancer

Pediatric Oncology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.

Published: July 2009

The most common etiologies of acute pancreatitis in children are trauma, multi-system disease, drugs, infections, idiopathic and congenital anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary system. Acute pancreatitis is rarely associated with underlying childhood malignancies. We report a 12-year-old male with acute pancreatitis as the presenting symptom of an alveolar metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.

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