Traumatic involvement of the pancreas is not always readily apparent. Its recognition and management remain a perplexing problem, despite the relative frequency of pancreatic injury reported by surgeons in the last few years.1-6 Few reviews exist in the pediatric literature pointing out the importance of nonpenetrating injuries to the abdominal wall as a cause of acute pancrea-titis9-11; a recent review on the etiology of childhood pancreatitis makes no mention of trauma.12The aim of the present case report is to present a 7-year-old child whose history, clinical and surgical findings, management,

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Prenatal administration of tetracycline has previously been reported to cause staining of the infants' teeth. Demethylchlortetracycline has not previously been implicated. Five cases are presented in which demethylchlortetracycline was administered prenatally. In each case, there was staining of those teeth that were undergoing mineralization at the time the drug was administered.