title: Computed axial tomography pancreatitis: an atypical asymptomatic postoperative disease without serum or urinary enzyme evaluation.
abstract: A case report of atypical postoperative pancreatitis following radical prostatectomy without any clinical symptoms is presented. The patient was asymptomatic in the postoperative period with regards to pancreas disease. Serum lipase, serum amylase and urinary amylase were normal. There was no history of alcoholism or biliary disease. The diagnosis was made by a CAT scan performed for an unrelated indication. The patient was followed for 17 months postoperatively. The pancreas CAT scan appearance returned to normal. No definitive treatment was given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wausau Hospital, WI, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mayersak
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Viviano
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Babiarz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases