Chronic pancreatitis may come on more gradually. Pancreatitis may be caused by gallstones, drinking a lot of alcohol, pancreatic cancer, or some medications. Acute and chronic pancreatitis will ...

Biliary infection in patients with symptomatic gallstone disease has been investigated extensively, but only a few, if any, cases of pancreatitis were involved in these studies. [2,6,7] Since the ...

Gallstones - small and solid masses that form from bile, are said to be the most common cause of acute pancreatitis. A large gallstone can get stuck around the pancreatic duct and cause pain and ...