title: Early diagnosis of a pancreatic abscess in acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Complexes of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor and leukocyte elastase could be demonstrated on crossed immunoelectrophoresis of the peritoneal fluid in 4 patients, who developed a pancreatic abscess during an attack of acute pancreatitis. No such complexes were seen in 69 patients with acute pancreatitis without an abscess. The complexes were demonstrable 2-3 days before the abscess was clinically evident. They may thus be diagnostically and therapeutically important.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balldin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohlsson
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D000208:Acute Disease; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010196:Pancreatic Elastase