Detection of painless pancreatitis by computed tomography in patients with post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography hyperamylasemia

Thirty-seven percent of PEH patients had painless pancreatitis. CT is useful to determine pancreatitis in patients taking analgesics, steroids, or anti-immunological drugs and those with diabetes mellitus and 18-h serum amylase levels of >6 times the normal upper limit.