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The specific cause is usually idiopathic but several risk factors exist:

The specific cause is usually idiopathic but several risk factors exist:

#'''Nutritional and hypertriglyceridaemia''':

#'''Nutritional''': including obesity, low protein and high fat diets, feeding of ethionine, hypertriglyceridaemia and fatty meals.

#'''Drugs, toxins and hypercalcaemia''':

#'''Drugs and toxins''': including L-asparginase, oestrogen, azathioprine, potassium bromide, furosemide, thiazide diuretics, salicylates, tetracyclines, sulphonamides, vinca alkaloids, zinc toxicosis, cholinesterase inhibitor insecticides, cholinergic agonist and hypercalcaemia.

#'''Pancreatic Duct obstruction''':

#'''Pancreatic Duct obstruction''':

#'''Duodenal juice reflux, Pancreatic trauma, ischaemia and reperfusion''':

#'''Duodenal juice reflux, Pancreatic trauma, ischaemia and reperfusion''':