The most common cause of acute pancreatitis is:
A. Trauma
B. Hepatitis virus A
C. Hyperlipidemia
D. Alcohol abuse
ANS: D
Biliary tract disease and alcoholism account for 80% or more of the pancreatitis admissions. Other causes include hyperlipidemia, drugs, toxins, infection, structural abnormalities, surgery, vascular disease, trauma, hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia, renal transplantation, and hereditary pancreatitis. The most common cause of pancreatitis is alcohol abuse.
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