Chronic pancreatitis differential diagnosis
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Overview
Differentiating Chronic Pancreatitis from Other Diseases
Disease | Clinical feature | Laboratory findings | Imaging findings | |||
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Fever | Steatorrhea | Weight loss | Abdominal pain | |||
Chronic pancreatitis | ✔ | ✔ | DM type II, amylase and lipase levels may be slightly elevated | |||
Cholangitis | ||||||
Biliary obstruction | ||||||
Pseudocyst | ||||||
Pancreatic duct stricture/stone | ||||||
Cholecystitis | ||||||
Chronic gastritis | ||||||
Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) | ||||||
Intestinal perforation | ||||||
Crohn disease | ||||||
Myocardial infarction | ||||||
Mesenteric artery ischemia | ||||||
Pancreatic cancer | ||||||
Peptic ulcer disease | ||||||
Retroperitoneal hematoma | ✔ | Anemia | MRI is the best radiologic tool to differentiate between retroperitoneal masses. | |||
Retroperitoneal abscess | ✔ | ✔ | Leukocytosis, positive inflammatory markers | |||
Retroperitoneal tumors (.e.g. liposarcoma) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | positive tumor marker |