title: Acute pancreatitis in identical twins.
abstract: Identical twins, 34-years-old at the time, developed abdominal pain of similar character while at a holiday resort. Both had drunk a greater amount of alcohol than usual, approximately eight 200-mL glasses of beer. The symptoms in one twin forced him to present to hospital where his plasma amylase level was found to be 2300 u/L. The other had the same symptoms, but did not present to hospital; however, when the symptoms later recurred, he also was found to have pancreatitis. Acute pancreatitis occurring simultaneously in identical twins has been reported only on one previous occasion.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D001515:Beer / Q000009:adverse effects; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014427:Twins; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases