What approach do you suggest in the patient with fever and a tender abdominal mass (presumably pancreas) after an episode of acute abdominal pain associated with a raised serum amylase?
D000005:Abdomen; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood*; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D000681:Amylases