Résumé
1. Study of six patients with chronic calcifying pancreatitis (CCP) occurring over a 10 year period, representing an incidence rate of approximately 1:1,000 of the impatients in the children's ward of a general hospital in central Brazil, is reported. 2. Major clinical manifestations as well as therapeutic management are described. 3. The possible relationship between CCP and primary protein-calorie malnutrition is discussed and the importance of a CCP diagnosis when dealing malnourished children who do not respond satisfactorily to common therapy is emphasized
Sujets)
Enfant d'âge préscolaire , Enfant , Humains , Mâle , Femelle , Calcinose/étiologie , Pancréatite/étiologie , Malnutrition protéinocalorique/complications , Maladie chronique , État nutritionnelRésumé
Neste trabalho sao feitas consideracoes sobre a doenca celiaca. Uma casuistica e apresentada, e a necessidade de se estabelecer criterios bem definidos da doenca e discutida. Enfatiza-se o risco de complicacoes que correm os celiacos em uso de gluten. Manifestacoes clinicas pouco comuns e outras menos evidentes sao abordadas no trabalho o efeito protetor do leite humano e enfatizado