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In most patients, the cause of pancreatitis is readily diagnosed and in most countries, the major causes are either alcohol, or have an association with gallstones. There are a number of less common causes of pancreatitis, but in a small percentage of patients, the aetiology is unknown and the diagnosis of idiopathic pancreatitis is given. If as often occurs, this condition becomes recurrent, then it is labelled as idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis. The true prevalence of the condition is unknown, as in certain cases, the pancreatitis might be due to very small calculi that have been otherwise undetected. However, there is no doubt that an idiopathic condition does exist as has been shown on the results of outcome of specific treatment of a number of well documented cases.
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Toouli, J. (1994). State of Art. In: Pederzoli, P., Cavallini, G., Bassi, C., Falconi, M. (eds) Facing the Pancreatic Dilemma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79167-3_9
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