The Medicine Forum

Article Title

Acute Pancreatitis with Normal Amylase and Lipase

Authors

Kichul Ko, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Luz Catherine Tello, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Jessica Salt, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Abstract

Introduction

Acute pancreatitis is diagnosed by clinical history and physicalexamination with concurrent elevations in serum amylase andlipase levels; occasionally radiographic findings are of furtherassistance. We report a case of radiographically proven acutepancreatitis with normal serum amylase and lipase levels.

Recommended Citation

Ko, MD, Kichul; Tello, MD, Luz Catherine; and Salt, MD, Jessica (2009) "Acute Pancreatitis with Normal Amylase and Lipase," The Medicine Forum: Vol. 11, Article 4.
Available at: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/tmf/vol11/iss1/4