Paraduodenal pancreatitis
Diagnosis almost certain
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46 year old Haitian male with history of alcohol abuse and recurrent pancreatitis. Patient was complaining of 5five days of right upper abdominal pain and found to have mildly elevated lipase levels 136 U/L (normal range 16-58 U/L). The imagining findings are highly suggestive of paraduodenal pancreatitis (groove pancreatitis).
-<p>46 year old Haitian male with history of alcohol abuse and recurrent <a title="Pancreatitis" href="/articles/pancreatitis">pancreatitis</a>. Patient was complaining of 5 days of right upper abdominal pain and found to have mildly elevated lipase levels 136 U/L (normal range 16-58 U/L). The imagining findings are highly suggestive of <a title="Paraduodenal pancreatitis" href="/articles/paraduodenal-pancreatitis">paraduodenal pancreatitis</a> (<a title="Groove pancreatitis" href="/articles/paraduodenal-pancreatitis">groove pancreatitis</a>).</p>- +<p>Haitian male with history of alcohol abuse and recurrent <a href="/articles/pancreatitis">pancreatitis</a>. Patient was complaining of five days of right upper abdominal pain and found to have mildly elevated lipase levels 136 U/L (normal range 16-58 U/L). The imagining findings are highly suggestive of <a href="/articles/paraduodenal-pancreatitis">paraduodenal pancreatitis</a> (<a href="/articles/paraduodenal-pancreatitis">groove pancreatitis</a>).</p>
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