title: Hyperamylasemia due to poorly differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma of the ovary.
abstract: In a patient with poorly differentiated ovarian carcinoma, the symptomatology was mistaken for acute pancreatitis. A review of the pertinent literature argues in favor of the early use of amylase isoenzymes in patients whose history, objective signs, and routine diagnostic studies fail to disclose pancreatic disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000681:Amylases