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A 66-year-old male with abdominal pain presents to the emergency department (ER). Laboratory tests confirm elevation of amylase. Ultrasonography and CT examinations are requested to confirm acute pancreatitis.
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Luna, L., Luna, A. (2012). Pancreas. In: Luna, A., Vilanova, J., Ros, P. (eds) Learning Abdominal Imaging. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88003-5_3
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