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Resolution of pancreatic ascites with octreotide
J A Rushforth1, J M Beck, M McMahon
1General Infirmary, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Leeds.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 7 month old infant with pancreatitis and ascites was managed successfully with subcutaneous octreotide and external drainage of a pseudocyst. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic examination showed no congenital abnormality and was consistent with chronic pancreatitis. Octreotide has a possible therapeutic role in pancreatic ascites.