IDIOPATHIC HYPERAMYLASEMIA

A 25-year-old pregnant Japanese woman was diagnosed with idiopathic hy peramylasemia. The administration of a beta-stimulant caused a further increase in the serum levels of pancreas-type amylase and lipase. The patient's hyperamylasemia concomitant with elevated serum levels of l ipase, elastase 1, and trypsin lasted over a 4 year-period, in which t he patient remained asymptomatic. It is possible that the pancreas in some women with the idiopathic hyperamylasemia can respond to a beta-a drenoceptor stimulation with respect to pancreatic enzyme secretion.