Chronic asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia is a benign condition in only half of the cases: A prospective study

Prospectively to evaluate patients with chronic asymptomatic pancreatic hyperenzymemia in order to identify possible pancreatic and non-pancreatic diseases.Seventy-five asymptomatic subjects with long-standing pancreatic hyperenzymemia (45 M, 30 F; mean age+/-SD 51.5+/-16.0 years, range 19-78 years, mean duration+/-SD of pancreatic hyperenzymemia 14.7+/-7.0 months, range 7-34 months) and normal ultrasonographic evaluation were included in this...