(Washington University case conference): acute pancreatitis, hyperlipemia, and normal amylase.
This case focuses on the biochemical findings in acute pancreatitis and the role of the laboratory in the diagnosis and management of such patients. It also illustrates a major unappreciated problem in the use of amylase determinations in patients with acute pancreatitis: normal serum amylase activity in the presence of hyperlipemia.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology
D000681:Amylases; D002118:Calcium