Spuriously Normal Amylase Levels in a Patient With Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Hypertriglyceridemia

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is a disease that has varied clinical manifestations often requiring clinicians to rely on laboratory tests, such as serum amylase and lipase, as diagnostic aids. 1 ,2 Patients with acute pancreatitis, however, can have normal amylase levels as a result of hypertriglyceridemia.