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Can A Spot On The Pancreas Cause High Liver Enzyme Levels?

Posted on Sat, 5 Nov 2016

Question: I had an untrasound yesterday because my liver numbers had raised. they called this morning saying a spot was seen on my pancreas would this have raised my numbers? They are scheduling a cat scan for the pancreas. What can you tell me?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, it is possible.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Can you please mention which numbers were rised and how high the numbers are?

General large pancreas mass or mass which obstructs bile ducts can easily cause liver enzymes elevation. But for sure other symptoms like abdominal pain are also usually present as well as nausea, vomiting, jaundice.

If you have only slightly elevated liver enzymes, the reason can be very trivial like alcohol intake or even bad diet.

Hope this helps.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (17 minutes later)

The liver enzymes were A S T 72 and A L T 101 I do have abdominal pain.
There has never been any alcohol involved.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Your liver enzymes are slightly elevated.

Detailed Answer:
Your liver enzymes are only slightly elevated. This is rather nothing serious if its about the liver and most likely it has nothing to do with a finding in the pancreas.
We see such liver enzymes in case of fatty liver or like I have mentioned before bad diet (fatty foods, fried foods, spicy foods). Obese patients tend to have such numbers as well.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar