CONTEXT Toxic shock syndrome has been shown previously to be associated with hyperamylasaemia. However, serum amylase levels do not usually exceed three times upper limit of normal in these cases. CASE REPORT We report a case of a young girl of 17 years who presented with upper abdominal pain, severe shock and raised serum amylase level of 3,898 U/L, giving an impression of severe acute pancr...

The limitations, inaccuracies, and practical difficulties of saccharogenic methods are discussed. A modified colorimetric microdetermination of amylase is described in which the digestion of starch is measured by the decrease in the starch-iodine color. Experimental data show that there are two other serum factors that can also cause a fall-off in color: (1) an immediate 10-15% depression of co...

BACKGROUND Serum amylase levels can be elevated in various pathological conditions. However, acute gastroenteritis has not been widely recognized as a cause for hyperamylasemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of amylase results for all patients hospitalized or discharged from the emergency department with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis from April through November 1999...

In 1988, Hata et al. [1] reported a case of ectopic production of salivary-type amylase by an IgA-type multiple myeloma. Subsequently, seven cases of amylaseproducing multiple myeloma have been reported [2-8]. According to Delannoy et al. [7], amylase-producing myeloma should be added to the list of amylaseproducing tumors. In 1991, we reported a neuraminidase sensitive, so-called sialyl, saliv...

OBJECTIVES To study the relationship between peritonsillar abscess (PTA) and minor salivary glands surrounding the palatine tonsils. STUDY DESIGN Prospective population-based study. SETTINGS Tertiary care university hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHOD Prospective study including 41 patients with PTA and 6 patients with a neck abscess. Amylase levels of the pus and serum were measured and compar...

The differential diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas remains an acute problem area in medicine today. It can be stated with some certainty that no single test has the capability of 100% accuracy in the diagnosis of pancreatic disease, much less in the determination of the etiology of the condition. Basically, from the viewpoint of the clinical laboratory, inflammatory diseases of the pancreas...

Total and pancreatic serum isoamylases were performed on 38 control subjects (21 non-smokers and 17 smokers) and 21 consecutive patients with pancreatic insufficiency before and after meal stimulation. There was no difference in the fasting or stimulated levels of total amylase (T), pancreatic isoamylase (P), or % P/T between smokers and non-smokers. The P/T ratio was significantly reduced in p...

Acute pancreatitis differ in pediatrics and adults. Drug-induced pancreatitis is one of the common causes of pancreatitis in children. This case-control study aimed to assess subclinical pancreatitis in patients with epilepsy treated with different drug regimens. Eighty known patients with epilepsy were enrolled. Forty patients were treated with monotherapy (group I) and 40 were treated with mu...

Ingestion of paraquat causes multi-organ failure. Prognosis is best estimated through measurement of blood paraquat concentrations but this facility is not available in most hospitals. We studied the prognostic significance of abnormal pancreatic enzymes for survival. Patients with acute paraquat poisoning were recruited. An extensive series of blood tests including serum amylase were serially ...