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Dideoxyinosine-induced pancreatitis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children

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Dideoxynosine (ddI) is a widely used antiretroviral agent in treatment of HIV infection. Pancreatitis is a serious side effect. Two cases are reported, one with rapid development of a pseudocyst.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Babies and Children’s Hospital of New York-Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 3959 Broadway, BHN 3-318, 10032, New York, NY, USA

    Terry L. Levin & Walter E. Berdon

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, Babies and Children’s Hospital of New York-Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA

    H. Babette Tang

  3. Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Jack O. Haller

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Levin, T.L., Berdon, W.E., Tang, H.B. et al. Dideoxyinosine-induced pancreatitis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Radiol 27, 189–191 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050099

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