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Pancreatic calcification in an 18-yr-old patient following gallstone pancreatitis and recurrent pseudocysts

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Most authors believe that biliary pancreatitis rarely progresses to chronic pancreatitis. Here, we present a case of an 18-yr-old white male with a history of gallstone pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocyst resulting in radiographic and pathologic evidence of pancreatic calcification over a 16-mo period.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY

    Alan C. Yao, Mitchell Locke, Simmy Bank, Bernard Stark & Avram Cooperman

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Yao, A.C., Locke, M., Bank, S. et al. Pancreatic calcification in an 18-yr-old patient following gallstone pancreatitis and recurrent pseudocysts. Int J Pancreatol 22, 147–149 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02787473

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