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Can you have acute or chronic pancreatitis without elevated lipase or amylase results in labs?

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Chronic: Even in acute pancreatitis, these labs are unreliable, there is the possibility of lab error. Chronic pancreatitis is really more about scarring and injury to nearby structures rather than ongoing tissue damage, and amylase and lipase are usually normal.

Answered 10/9/2017

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