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Can high liver enzymes occur if my pancreas is going bad?

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Dr. Jeffrey Ng answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Yes: Elevated lfts with a predominant rise in alp is suggestive of damage or obstruction of the biliary tree (which disrupts the flow of bile out of the liver, called cholestasis). There are a number of conditions that can cause this, including a stone in the common bile duct (choledocholithiasis), cancer of the head of the pancreas, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis.

Answered 11/2/2015

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