Acute Pancreatitis: An Atypical Presentation
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Acute Pancreatitis: An Atypical Presentation
Acute pancreatitis is an important cause of acute upper abdominal pain. Because its clinical features are similar to a number of other acute illnesses, it is difficult to make a diagnosis only on the basis of symptoms and signs. The diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is based on 2 of the following 3 criteria: (1) abdominal pain consistent with pancreatitis, (2) serum lipase and/or amylase ≥3 times...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000475920