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Acute pancreatitis

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A Primer of Pancreatitis

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This is probably caused by an increase in pressure in the pancreatic duct system when a stone passes through the papilla. Reflux of bile and duodenal juice is less likely.

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Lankisch, P.G., Büchler, M., Mössner, J., Müller-Lissner, S. (1997). Acute pancreatitis. In: A Primer of Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60870-4_4

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