PEDIATRIC PANCREAS - AN OVERVIEW

Pancreatic disorders are not rare in children. Modern imaging equipmen t allows recognition of many pancreatic diseases that were difficult t o identify in the past and therefore were considered to be unusual. Wi thin the scope of this article we include information on imaging modal ities for studying the pancreas and a description of the radiologic ma nifestations of the most common congenital, inflammatory, tumoral, tra umatic and systemic disorders.