Schneider K, Harms K, Fendel H. The increased echogenicity of the pancreas in infants and children: the white pancreas.
Eur J Pediatr 1987;
146:508-11. [PMID:
3315685 DOI:
10.1007/bf00441605]
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Abstract
An increased echogenicity of the pancreas ("white pancreas") was sonographically found in 25 children with various pancreatic and systemic diseases. Fifteen patients with cystic fibrosis had a small white pancreas. Five patients with haemosiderosis, two with pancreatitis and one with Shwachman-syndrome presented with a normal-sized or slightly enlarged pancreas. Fatty infiltration and calcifications of the pancreas can also increase its echogenicity.
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