Elevated Lipase during Initial Presentation of Ulcerative Colitis in a Pediatric Patient: Do We Check for It

There are very few reports of elevated lipase in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Symptoms of pancreatitis may be masked by abdominal pain in pediatric IBD. During the initial presentation of IBD in our patient, lipase was elevated to more than 3 times the upper limit of normal. Normaliza...

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Main Authors: Piyali Ray, Melissa R. Van Arsdall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/450699