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A 70-year-old man presents to you with recurrent episodes of mild abdominal pain located in the epigastric region that radiates to his back.

Over time, he states that the pain has become more continuous and is associated with nausea and intermittent vomiting.

He notes diarrhea with foul-smelling stools, and he has lost about 10 pounds in the past 6 months.

He is jaundiced with a bilirubin level of 3.2 mg/dL.

Abdominal ultrasonography is performed and reveals a diffusely enlarged and hypoechoic pancreas.

Computed tomography (CT) with intravenous contrast shows a diffusely enlarged, sausage-shaped pancreas with delayed rim-like enhancement.

Amylase and lipase levels

Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 level

C-reactive protein (CRP)

Triglyceride level