Acute Pancreatitis
Reports from Kagawa University highlight recent research in acute pancreatitis
Published in Telemedicine Business Week, November 25th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Endocrine, "A 38-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain, and he was confirmed to have acute exudative pancreatitis. After the episode of acute pancreatitis subsided, laboratory investigation revealed increased serum calcium (12.0 mg/dl), decreased serum phosphorus (2.7 mg/dl), and increased serum parathyroid hormone (intact) levels (131 pg/ml)."
"A computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck did not reveal any mass lesions in the parathyroid gland. However, Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy revealed that there was one functioning parathyroid gland in the upper mediastinum. Combined Tc-99m...
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