Journal of the Pancreas Open Access

Austin Hospital, Heidelberg VIC 3084, Australia

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• Original Research Article   
  Rare Case of Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis Without an Elevated Serum Lipase
  Author(s): Salehi Omar* and Eqbal Ali
  
  Context Acute necrotising pancreatitis is a potentially devastating gastrointestinal condition that has a fatality risk of up to 40% in hospitalised patients who develop multi-organ failure. Diagnostic criteria rely on characteristic abdominal pain, elevated serum lipase or amylase levels and radiological features on CT or MRI as per the revised 2012 Atlanta classification. Serum lipase is very useful in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis with a high negative predictive value of 94-100%. Acute necrotising pancreatitis without an elevated serum lipase is rare, with only 3 cases reported in previous literature. Case We describe t.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.35841/1590-8577-24.2.794

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