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pancreatitis

• biliary calculi (70%)
• EtOH (20%)

• carcinoma
• hypercalcemia
• drugs (thiazides, BCPs)
• trauma
• hereditary
• iatrogenic (ERCP, bx)
• perforated ulcer
• renal transplant / dialysis
• duodenal tics
• adjacent organ pathology

• viral infection (mumps, mono, HBV)
• parasites (Ascaris, Taenia sinensis)
• acute fatty liver of pregnancy
• connective tissue disease

• scorpion sting
• brown recluse spider bite

see also: acute pancreatitis

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