Acute pancreatitis is caused bya) Gallstonesb) Alcoholc) Starvationd) Hypercalcemiae) Hypertriglyceridemia

Causes of Acute Pancreatitis Common Causes Gallstones (including microlithiasis) - most common Alcohol (acute and chronic alcoholism) - IInd most common Hypertriglyceridernia Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), especially after biliary manometry Trauma (especially blunt abdominal trauma) Postoperative (abdominal and nonabdominal operations) Drugs (L-asparginase, thiazide diuretics, frusomide, estrogens, azathioprime, 6-mercaptopurine, methyldopa, sulfonamides, tetracyclin, valproic acid, anti-HIV medications). Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction Uncommon causes Vascular causes and vasculitis (ischemic-hypoperfusion states after cardiac surgery) Connective tissue disorders and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) Cancer of the pancreas Hypercalcemia Periampullary diverticulum Pancreas divisum Hereditary pancreatitis Cystic fibrosis Renal failure Rare causes Infections (mumps, coxsackievirus, cytomegalovirus, echovirus, parasites) Autoimmune (e.g., Sjogren's syndrome) Causes to consider in patients with recurrent bouts of acute pancreatitis without an obvious etiology Occult disease of the biliary tree or pancreatic ducts, especially microlithiasis, sludge Drugs Hypertriglyceridemia Pancreas divisum Pancreatic cancer Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction Cystic fibrosis Idiopathic