Pancreas divisum: a cause of idiopathic acute pancreatitis
- 27 April 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 180 (9), 949-950
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080446
Abstract
A previously healthy 23-year-old woman presented to hospital with 2 months of intermittent dyspepsia following meals and acute-onset epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. Based on the results of laboratory investigations (lipase > 1900 [normal < 286] U/L), acute pancreatitis was diagnosed. It wasKeywords
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