Table 1: Differential diagnosis of elevated amylase lipase
| Causes of elevated serum lipase [5] | Causes of elevated serum amylase [6] |
| Renal failure | Salivary disease |
| Acute cholecystitis | Renal failure |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | Macroamylesemia |
| Duodenal ulceration | Intestinal disease |
| Pancreatic calculus | Female reproductive tract disease |
| Pancreatic tumors | |
| HIV disease | |
| Macrolipasemia | |
| Post-ERCP/trauma | |
| Celiac disease |