A 25-year-old obese woman who denies any history of alcohol abuse presents with severe abdominal pain radiating to the back. Laboratory results indicate an increase in serum amylase and lipase, with a marked decrease in calcium. Which of the following likely has caused this condition?
AAbetalipoproteinemia
BCholelithiasis
CCystic fibrosis
DAlcohol
Destruction of fat in acute pancreatitis is due to ?
ALipase
BTrypsin
CSecretin
DElastase
Monu, a 30-year-old male with a history of chronic alcoholism, presents with sudden onset of epigastric pain that radiates to the back. All are seen except:
AHypocalcaemia
BIncreased serum amylase
CLow serum lipase
DIncreased LDH
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