title: [Serum pancreatic enzymes in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the pancreas].
abstract: Serum levels of amylase, pancreatic isoamylase, lipase, trypsinogen, and elastase 1 were determined in 41 patients with pancreatic carcinoma and compared with those 71 patients with chronic pancreatitis and 17 patients with digestive non-pancreatic carcinoma, in an attempt to evaluate their relative values in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Trypsinogen and elastase 1 levels were the most frequently abnormal (56%), followed by pancreatic isoamylase (39%), lipase (34%), and amylase (27%). In 4 patients with resectable cancer levels of all serum enzymes were within normal limits, with the single exception of a low trypsinogen level in one patient. No significant differences in the behavior of serum enzymes were found between patients with pancreatic cancer and those with chronic pancreatitis or digestive non-pancreatic cancer. The results of our study indicate that measurement of serum pancreatic enzymes is of limited usefulness in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pezzilli
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ventrucci
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Talarico
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Naldoni
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cassano
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Gullo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007517:Isoamylase / Q000097:blood; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014362:Trypsinogen / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014362:Trypsinogen; D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases; D007517:Isoamylase
vernacular_title: Gli enzimi pancreatici sierici nella diagnosi del carcinoma pancreatico.