AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Mar;206(3):632-44. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.14223.
Restrepo R1, Hagerott HE2, Kulkarni S2, Yasrebi M3, Lee EY4.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to provide updates on acute pancreatitis in children regarding the imaging findings, causes, and complications based on a review of the current studies in the pediatrics literature. We discuss the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis, the role of imaging and imaging findings in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, and the causes and complications of acute pancreatitis.
CONCLUSION: The incidence of acute pancreatitis is increasing in children. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis because imaging findings can be used to establish the cause of acute pancreatitis, evaluate for complications of acute pancreatitis, and possibly predict the course of the disease.