[Arthritis following post-traumatic pancreatitis with subsequent pseudocyst in children]

The authors report on a nine-year-old boy who presented with arthritic complaints at the wrists and joints of the feet 6 weeks after posttraumatic pancreatitis with development of a pseudocyst. These complaints subsided only after spontaneous voiding of the contents of the cyst into the abdominal cavity. The pathogenesis, diagnosis and surgical indication in posttraumatic pancreatic pseudocysts are discussed.