Cure8 research brief
Children with IBD can develop idiopathic acute pancreatitis that is often mild but may recur; knowing this helps families and clinicians monitor and manage pancreatic symptoms during active disease and after surgery.
Parents and caregivers of paediatric IBD patients; paediatric gastroenterologists and IBD clinicians; researchers studying extra‑intestinal manifestations and immune pathways.
This retrospective single-centre cohort abstract reports that among 395 paediatric IBD patients followed 2018–2024, 16 (4.1%) had acute pancreatitis (AP); after excluding azathioprine-related cases, 12 idiopathic AP cases (3%) remained.
Most had ulcerative colitis with colonic disease; 75% of idiopathic AP episodes occurred during active IBD and 25% after IBD-related surgery. All episodes were classified as mild, resolved with supportive care, and no short-term complications, pancreatic insufficiency, or diabetes were reported.
Over a median 3.7-year follow-up, 67% (8/12) developed acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) with median time to recurrence ~9 months. Imaging commonly showed focal pancreatic inflammation; serum IgG4 was negative and genetic testing in recurrent cases identified no pathogenic variants.
The authors propose a possible immune-mediated gut–pancreas link but note the small sample and call for prospective multicentre studies.
Single‑centre retrospective cohort with small case numbers; idiopathic cases were defined after excluding drug, metabolic, infectious, genetic, and structural causes. The authors call for prospective multicentre studies to confirm these observations.
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