http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2008/02/Cases/45-year-old-man-with-left-upper-quadrant-abdominal-pain.aspx<p>A 45-year-old white man presented to a rural hospital emergency room with the acute onset of left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain that radiated to his back and chest. The patient’s history was complicated by alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. His laboratory values included amylase &gt;450 U/L, lipase &gt;2600 U/L, and white blood cell count &gt;16,000. This prompted noncontrast computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen (Figure 1), which led to a contrast-enhanced CT (Figure 2). The patient was transfered to our institution for definitive treatment.</p>Thursday, 23 Jun 2011 12:41:27 GMT