Serum amylase and lipase frequently rise during bouts of acute pancreatitis, and measurement of these enzymes provides important diagnostic information. We report a pediatric patient with persistent elevations of serum lipase resulting from macrolipasemia, a complex of lipase with IgG, rather than pancreatitis.
        
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Keating JP, Lowe ME (2002) Persistent hyperlipasemia caused by macrolipase in an adolescent J Pediatr141: 129-31