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Pancreatitis Causes
Aka: Pancreatitis Causes, Acute Pancreatitis Causes- See Also
- Causes: Most common
- Adults
- Cholelithiasis or Gallstone Pancreatitis (Up to 60-70% of cases in the United States)
- Alcohol Abuse (35% of cases)
- Alcoholics also get gallstone Pancreatitis (Ultrasound for Gallstones)
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Children
- Infection (e.g. Mumps, Viral Hepatitis, Coxsackievirus, Ascariasis, Mycoplasma)
- Abdominal Trauma (e.g. handlebar injury)
- Adults
- Causes: Gastrointestinal
- Cholelithiasis or Gallstone Pancreatitis (up to 60-70% of cases in the United States)
- Abdominal Trauma or surgery
- Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Peptic Ulcer perforation
- Hereditary Pancreatitis
- Pancreas divisum
- Ampulla of Vater Obstructed (e.g. Regional Enteritis)
- Sphincter of odi dysfunction
- Abdominal Trauma (1.5% of cases)
- Causes: Endocrine
- Hypertriglyceridemia (esp. if Triglycerides >500-1000, may be related to uncontrolled or undiagnosed Diabetes)
- Hypercalcemia (e.g. hypervitaminosis D, Hyperparathyroidism, Total Parenteral Nutrition)
- Renal Failure
- Cystic Fibrosis (Chronic Pancreatitis)
- Hemochromatosis (Chronic Pancreatitis)
- Causes: Infection
- Mumps
- Viral Hepatitis
- Coxsackievirus
- Ascariasis
- Mycoplasma
- Causes: Medications and toxins
- See Medication Causes of Pancreatitis
- Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholic Pancreatitis (35% of cases)
- Accounts for 2% of cases
- Toxins include Snake Bites and Scorpion bites
- Causes: Vasculitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Necrotizing angiitis
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
- References