Hyperamylasemia due to poorly differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma of the ovary

S. H. Norwood, M. J. Torma and L. J. Fontenelle

In a patient with poorly differentiated ovarian carcinoma, the symptomatology was mistaken for acute pancreatitis. A review of the pertinent literature argues in favor of the early use of amylase isoenzymes in patients whose history, objective signs, and routine diagnostic studies fail to disclose pancreatic disease.