L-asparaginase-induced severe necrotizing pancreatitis successfully treated with percutaneous drainage

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-97

  Top, P C ^a   Tissing, W J E ^a   Kuiper, J W ^b   Pieters, R ^a   Van Eijck, C H J ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asparaginase; Child; Conservative therapy; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OCTREOTIDE; PARONAL; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; NOSE FEEDING; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044278281     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20187     Document Type: Article

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