Discussion
A diagnosis of acute pancreatitis can be made
once 2 of the following 3 criteria are present: abdominal
pain, serum level of amylase or lipase or both at
least 3 times the upper value of the reference range,
and imaging results consistent with pancreatitis.10
TN met all 3 of these criteria. Although diagnosis of
acute pancreatitis could have been made simply on the
basis of pain and altered serum levels of pancreatic