• Abdominal pain, usually in the mid-abdomen, that may be felt in the back
• Abdominal swelling (distention)
• Nausea or vomiting

Note: There will not be symptoms if you do not have pancreatitis.

• Abdominal CT scan
• Amylase and lipase blood test
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

Images

Endocrine glands

Pancreas

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Review Date: 01/20/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)