OBJECTIVES: To determine the type and frequency of pancreatic lesions detected by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia and to assess for a possible relationship between these lesions and the hyperenzymemia. METHODS: From January 2005 to May 2008, 63 subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia were studied by MRCP. In addition, amylase, pancreatic isoamylase, and lipase were determined for 5 consecutive days. RESULTS: In most subjects (n = 57, 90.5%), MRCP showed a normal pancreas. In the remaining 6 subjects (9.5%), the following alterations were found: pancreas divisum in 2, small intrapancreatic cyst in 2, anatomic variant of the Wirsung in 1, and mild dilatation of 3 secondary ducts in 1. In these 6 subjects, hyperenzymemia was highly variable from day to day, with frequent normalizations, as was also true for the 30 subjects with no MRCP alterations in whom diurnal enzyme determinations were made. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia did not have pancreatic lesions detectable by MRCP. In the few subjects in whom a lesion was found, the great variability and the frequent transient normalization of serum enzyme levels tend to exclude a relation between the lesion and the hyperenzymemia. © 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Gullo L, Lucrezio L, Calculli L, Salizzoni E, Coe M, Migliori M, et al. (2009). Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia. PANCREAS, 38(4), 396-400 [10.1097/MPA.0b013e31819d73b3].

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia

GULLO, LUCIO;CALCULLI, LUCIA;SALIZZONI, EUGENIO;COE, MANUELA;MIGLIORI, MARINA;CASADEI, RICCARDO;
2009

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the type and frequency of pancreatic lesions detected by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia and to assess for a possible relationship between these lesions and the hyperenzymemia. METHODS: From January 2005 to May 2008, 63 subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia were studied by MRCP. In addition, amylase, pancreatic isoamylase, and lipase were determined for 5 consecutive days. RESULTS: In most subjects (n = 57, 90.5%), MRCP showed a normal pancreas. In the remaining 6 subjects (9.5%), the following alterations were found: pancreas divisum in 2, small intrapancreatic cyst in 2, anatomic variant of the Wirsung in 1, and mild dilatation of 3 secondary ducts in 1. In these 6 subjects, hyperenzymemia was highly variable from day to day, with frequent normalizations, as was also true for the 30 subjects with no MRCP alterations in whom diurnal enzyme determinations were made. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the subjects with asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia did not have pancreatic lesions detectable by MRCP. In the few subjects in whom a lesion was found, the great variability and the frequent transient normalization of serum enzyme levels tend to exclude a relation between the lesion and the hyperenzymemia. © 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
2009
Gullo L, Lucrezio L, Calculli L, Salizzoni E, Coe M, Migliori M, et al. (2009). Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia. PANCREAS, 38(4), 396-400 [10.1097/MPA.0b013e31819d73b3].
Gullo L; Lucrezio L; Calculli L; Salizzoni E; Coe M; Migliori M; Casadei R; Costa PL; Nesticò V.
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