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 | 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 |