Date: | 2019 Jul |
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Category: | 2 |
Authors: | Tom K Lin 1, Maisam Abu-El-Haija 1, Jaimie D Nathan 1, Joseph P Palermo 1, Bradley Barth 2, Melena Bellin 3, Douglas S Fishman 4, Steven D Freedman 5, Cheryl E Gariepy 6, Matthew J Giefer 7, Tanja Gonska 8, Melvin B Heyman 9, Ryan Himes 4, Sohail Z Husain 10, Quin Liu 11, Asim Maqbool 12, Maria Mascarenhas 12, Brian McFerron 13, Veronique D Morinville 14, Chee Y Ooi 15, Emily Perito 9, John F Pohl 16, Sue Rhee 9, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg 3, Uzma Shah 17, David Troendle 2, Steven L Werlin 18, Michael Wilschanski 19, M Bridget Zimmerman 20, Mark E Lowe 21, Aliye Uc 22 |
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Introduction: The significance of pancreas divisum (PD) as a risk factor for pancreatitis is controversial. We analyzed the characteristics of children with PD associated with acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis to better understand its impact.
Patients and Methods: We compared children with or without PD in the well-phenotyped INSPPIRE (INternational Study group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In search for a cuRE) cohort. Differences were analyzed using 2-sample t test or Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables, Pearson χ or Fisher exact test for categorical variables.
Results: PD was found in 52 of 359 (14.5%) subjects, a higher prevalence than the general population (∼7%). Females more commonly had PD (71% vs. 55%; P=0.02). Children with PD did not have a higher incidence of mutations in SPINK1, CFTR, CTRC compared with children with no PD. Children with PD were less likely to have PRSS1 mutations (10% vs. 34%; P<0.01) or a family history of pancreatitis (P<0.05), and more likely to have hypertriglyceridemia (11% vs. 3%; P=0.03). Children with PD underwent significantly more endoscopic procedures and pancreatic sphincterotomy. Patients with PD had fewer attacks of acute pancreatitis (P=0.03) and were less likely to develop exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (P=0.01). Therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was considered most helpful if pancreatic duct was impacted with stones (83% helpful).
Conclusions: PD is likely a risk factor for acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis in children that appears to act independently of genetic risk factors. Patients with PD and stones obstructing the pancreatic duct benefit most from therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
Acknowledgements:
The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Health, or the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
The Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC) Research Consortia is supported and funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases under the following award numbers:
Project Number: | Awardee Organization |
U01DK108326 | Baylor College of Medicine |
U01DK108314 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
U01DK108332 | Indiana University |
U01DK108323 | Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
U01DK108288 | Mayo Clinic |
U01DK108327 | Ohio State University |
U01DK108300 | Stanford University |
U01DK108320 | University of Florida |
U01DK108306 | University of Pittsburgh |
U01DK108328 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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