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ArticlePancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]2024

Pancreas volumes in pediatric patients following index acute pancreatitis and acute recurrent pancreatitis.

Benjamin L Fortson, Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Neeraja Mahalingam, Tyler L Thompson, David S Vitale, Andrew T Trout

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Article in Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Pediatric pancreas segmentation from MRI scans with deep learning.Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] · 2025
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin L FortsonCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
Maisam Abu-El-HaijaUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA.
Neeraja MahalingamCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
Tyler L ThompsonCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
David S VitaleUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA.
Andrew T TroutUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: andrew.trout@cchmc.org.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

Predicting Severity and Improving the Outcomes of Pediatric PancreatitisK23DK118190 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI ABU-EL-HAIJA, MAISAM · 2018 to 2022
$947k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK118190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesPancreas volume derived from imaging may objectively reveal volume loss relevant to identifying sequelae of acute pancreatitis (AP) and ultimately diagnosing chronic pancreatitis (CP). The purposes of this study were to: (1) quantify pancreas volume by imaging in children with either (a) a single episode of AP or (b) acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), and (2) compare these volumes to normative volumes.

methodsThis retrospective study was institutional review board approved. A single observer segmented the pancreas (3D Slicer; slicer.org) on n = 30 CT and MRI exams for 23 children selected from a prospective registry of patients with either an index attack of AP or with ARP after a known index attack date. Patients with CP were excluded. Segmented pancreas volumes were compared to published normal values.

resultsMean pancreas volumes normalized to body surface area (BSA) in the index AP and ARP groups were 38.2 mL/m

conclusionsA significant fraction (40 %) of children with ARP have pancreas volumes <5th percentile for BSA even in the absence of CP. A similar, but not statistically significant, fraction have pancreas volumes <25th percentile after an index attack of AP. Pancreatic parenchymal volume deserves additional investigation as an objective marker of parenchymal damage from acute pancreatitis and of progressive pancreatitis in children.

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PancreasPancreatitis, ChronicAcute DiseaseChildHumansRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesAtrophyChildrenImagingMRISegmentation

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PMID37945498
PMCPMC10872738
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