Idiopathic hyperamylasemia.
A 25-year-old pregnant Japanese woman was diagnosed with idiopathic hyperamylasemia. The administration of a beta-stimulant caused a further increase in the serum levels of pancreas-type amylase and lipase.The patient's hyperamylasemia concomitant with elevated serum levels of lipase, elastase 1, and trypsin lasted over a 4 year-period, in which the patient remained asymptomatic. It is possible that the pancreas in some women with the idiopathic hyperamylasemia can respond to a beta-adrenoceptor stimulation with respect to pancreatic enzyme secretion.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
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Taniguchi
D000328:Adult; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood*; D012312:Ritodrine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D012312:Ritodrine