Table 3. Factors Increasing the Incidence of Acute Pancreatitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
| Cholelithiasis |
|---|
| Medications |
| Thiopurines (azathioprine/6-mercaptopourine) |
| Analogues of 5-ASA (mesalamine, sulfasalazine, olsalazine) |
| Metronidazole |
| Corticosteroids |
| Cyclosporine |
| Duodenal involvement of Crohn’s disease |
| Ampullary inflammation |
| Duodenopancreatic fistula |
| Primary sclerosing cholangitis |
| Cholelithiasis |
| Strictures of common bile duct and of pancreatic ducts |
| Hypercoagulation |