Table 3. Factors Increasing the Incidence of Acute Pancreatitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Cholelithiasis |
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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 |