Hereditary pancreatitis in a young adult: Acute to chronic.

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This report investigates an unusual case of recurrent pancreatitis. A 22-year-old female was admitted to the emergency room for severe abdominal pain, nausea, and weight loss. She reported having these symptoms since she was a toddler. The clinician ordered fecal pancreatic elastase-1, fat-soluble vitamins, molecular studies, and imaging of the pancreas by computed tomography. The screening test result for fecal...

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