title: Hyperamylasaemia: pathognomonic to pancreatitis?
abstract: An 82-year-old woman, presented with a history of vomiting, abdominal mass and a significantly raised amylase, but no clinical evidence of pancreatitis. Abdominal ultrasound and CT scans showed an ovarian tumour, and no evidence of pancreatitis-as is often associated with a raised amylase. The patient underwent bilateral ovariectomy and hysterectomy and made a good recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, North Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burden
authors.forename: Anna Sau Kuk
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Kausar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masood
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Didi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D034321:Hyperamylasemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases