Open AccessAcute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis and Pseudocyst Due to Mumps
Author(s) -
Jeffrey D. Feldstein,
F. E. A. Johnson,
Charles A. Kallick,
S Alexander Doolas
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197407000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , pancreatic pseudocyst , acute pancreatitis , general surgery
This is the first reported case of mumps hemorrhagic pancreatitis in a child, documented at operation, and by rising mumps titers and complicated by a pseudocyst. In severe cases when surgery is indicated, drainage of the lesser sac usually prevents pseudocyst formation. If a pseudocyst occurs, drainage is required to eliminate disabling pain and chronic pancreatitis. Live attenuated mumps vaccine may eliminate this source of pancreatitis from American children in the future.