Alcoholic pancreatitis and midgut malrotation.
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1. Department of Radiology, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands, 2. Department of Radiology, 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Diaconessenhuis Leiden, The Netherlands Background: A 47-year-old male patient was referred to the hospital with severe epigastric pain for 2 days, starting after the celebration of Queen’s Day. A chronic intermittent high alcohol intake was suspected. The patient had experienced several similar episodes of pain in the past year. Besides an increased serum amylase and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) there were no other significant abnormalities on clinical and chemical examinations. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) was performed, which showed a slightly enlarged pancreas.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie
دوره 95 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012