Acute pancreatitis from a duodenal foreign body in a child.

A 14-month-old child was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis, abdominal pain, and shock. An abdominal radiograph revealed a paper clip standing out at the duodenal level. The foreign body was removed by endoscopy, revealing an edematic and hemorrhagic duodenal papilla. The patient progressed favorably after the foreign body was removed. This observation underlines the necessity of digestive transit surveillance of a foreign body that has not been endoscopically removed and the relevancy of duodenal endoscopy for acute pancreatitis of indefinite etiology.