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*Chronic pancreatitis.<ref name=pmid16273946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Adsay | first1 = NV. | last2 = Bandyopadhyay | first2 = S. | last3 = Basturk | first3 = O. | last4 = Othman | first4 = M. | last5 = Cheng | first5 = JD. | last6 = Klöppel | first6 = G. | last7 = Klimstra | first7 = DS. | title = Chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma? | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 4 | pages = 268-76 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 16273946 }}</ref>
*Chronic pancreatitis.<ref name=pmid16273946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Adsay | first1 = NV. | last2 = Bandyopadhyay | first2 = S. | last3 = Basturk | first3 = O. | last4 = Othman | first4 = M. | last5 = Cheng | first5 = JD. | last6 = Klöppel | first6 = G. | last7 = Klimstra | first7 = DS. | title = Chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma? | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 4 | pages = 268-76 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 16273946 }}</ref>
==Pancreatitis==
===Etiology===
Mnemonic ''I GET SMASHED'':
*Idiopathic.
*Gallstones.
*Ethanol.
*Trauma.
*Scorpion bites, snake bites.
*Microorganisms - mumps (paramyxovirus), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV).
*Autoimmune (polyarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus).
*Steroids.
*Hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia/hypertriglyceridemia, hypothermia.
*ERCP (iatrogenic).
*Drugs - ''SAND'' = steroids & sulfonamides, azathioprine, NSAIDS, diuretics, such as furosemide.


==Chronic pancreatitis==
==Chronic pancreatitis==
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