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Heterotopic pancreatitis causing confusion in small bowel tumor.
Authors:
J Joskin ,
Department of Radiology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium, BE
N Bleus,
Department of Radiology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium, BE
T Couvreur,
Department of Radiology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium, BE
L Tselikas,
Department of Radiology, Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France, FR
M Milicevic
Department of Radiology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium, BE
Abstract
A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for acute epigastric pain with nausea and vomiting. Physical examination was suggestive for acute abdomen without peritoneal irritation findings. Blood tests results were as follow: alanine aminotransferase (ALT): 87 U/L, aspartate aminotransferase (AST): 55 U/L, amylase: 135 U/L, lipase: 69 U/L, total bilirubin: 11,6 mg/l, creatinine: 9 mg/l, C-reactive protein (CRP): 108,4 mg/L, and white blood cells (WBC): 14640/mm3
How to Cite:
Joskin J, Bleus N, Couvreur T, Tselikas L, Milicevic M. Heterotopic pancreatitis causing confusion in small bowel tumor.. JBR-BTR. 2012;95(2):102. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.172
Published on
01 Mar 2012.
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