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Serum Amylase

Normal <130 U/L
Increased
1. Acute Pancreatitis
2. Pancreatic neoplasm
3. Pancreas abscess
4. Pancreas pseudocyst
5. Ascites
6. Macroamylasemia
7. Perforated peptic ulcer
8. Intestinal Obstruction
9. Intestinal infarction
10. Acute Cholecystitis
11. Appendicitis
12. Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
13. Peritonitis
14. Salivary Gland inflammation
15. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
16. Drug Use
  1. Morphine
  2. Acute Alcohol intoxication
17. Lung Cancer
18. Esophageal Cancer
19. Ovarian Cancer
Decreased
1. Hepatic necrosis
2. Advanced Chronic Pancreatitis

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