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==Differentiating Chronic Pancreatitis from Other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Chronic Pancreatitis from Other Diseases== | ||
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! rowspan="2" |Disease | |||
! colspan="3" |Clinical feature | |||
! rowspan="2" |Laboratory findings | |||
! rowspan="2" |Imaging findings | |||
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!Fever | |||
!Weight loss | |||
!Abdominal pain | |||
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|[[Retroperitoneal hematoma]] | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|✔ | |||
|[[Anemia]] | |||
| rowspan="4" |[[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]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Chronic pancreatitis]] | |||
| | |||
|✔ | |||
|✔ | |||
|[[Diabetes mellitus|DM type II]], [[amylase]] and [[lipase]] levels may be slightly elevated | |||
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==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Differentiating Chronic Pancreatitis from Other Diseases
Disease | Clinical feature | Laboratory findings | Imaging findings | ||
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Fever | Weight loss | Abdominal pain | |||
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 | |
Chronic pancreatitis | ✔ | ✔ | DM type II, amylase and lipase levels may be slightly elevated |