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Chronic Pancreatitis

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Long-term alcohol abuse is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis. Other causes include high-fat and protein diets and untreated hyperparathyroidism with hypercalcemia. Chronic pancreatitis usually presents with continuous, daily pain which may require analgesics or increased alcohol ingestion for relief. Occasionally, exocrine and/or endocrine insufficiency are the first signs of chronic pancreatitis but these usually become manifest only after pancreatitis has been present for a long time.

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  1. Surgical Sciences and Services, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Keith W. Millikan (Professor of Surgery, Associate Dean)

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  1. Undergraduate Surgical Education, Rush Medical College of Rush University Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Jonathan A. Myers MD (Assistant Professor of Surgery Director) (Assistant Professor of Surgery Director)

  2. Surgical Sciences and Services, Rush Medical College of Rush University Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Keith W. Millikan MD (Professor of Surgery Associate Dean) (Professor of Surgery Associate Dean)

  3. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Rush Medical College of Rush University Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides MD (Professor of Surgery Head) (Professor of Surgery Head)

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Millikan, K.W. (2008). Chronic Pancreatitis. In: Myers, J.A., Millikan, K.W., Saclarides, T.J. (eds) Common Surgical Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75246-4_33

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