Last reviewed: 1 Mar 2023
Last updated: 10 Mar 2020
Summary
Differentials
Uncommon
- Giardiasis
- Whipple's disease
- HIV/AIDS
- Lymphoma
- Gastrointestinal amyloidosis
- Medication-induced malabsorption
- Hyperthyroidism
- Bacterial overgrowth
- Crohn's disease
- Resection of stomach, pancreas, or small bowel
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Full details
Contributors
Authors
Alan C. Moss, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston
MA
Disclosures
ACM declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Christina M. Surawicz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief Gastroenterology
Harborview Medical Center
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle
WA
Disclosures
CMS declares that she has no competing interests.
Raffaele Pezzilli, MD
Chief of the Pancreas Unit
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Sant’ Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
Bologna
Italy
Disclosures
RP declares that he has no competing interests.
Guidelines
- Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for chronic pancreatitis 2015
- The Spanish Pancreatic Club recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis: part 1 (diagnosis)
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