RAISED SERUM AMYLASE

acute pancreatitis

acute cholecystitis

perforated duodenal ulcer

high intestinal obstruction

mesenteric vascular occlusion

bowel strangulation

aortic dissection / ruptured aortic aneurysm

ruptured ectopic pregnancy

uraemia

diabetic ketoacidosis

mumps

hypothermia

heroin injection

macroamylasemia [persistently raised amylase; normal urinary amylase]

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