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===Other=== Other common causes include [[trauma (medicine)|trauma]], [[autoimmune pancreatitis|autoimmune disease]], [[Hypercalcemia|high blood calcium]], [[hypothermia]], and [[endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography]] (ERCP). [[Pancreas divisum]] is a common [[congenital malformation]] of the pancreas that may underlie some recurrent cases. [[Diabetes mellitus type 2]] is associated with a 2.8-fold higher risk.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Noel RA, Braun DK, Patterson RE, Bloomgren GL | title = Increased risk of acute pancreatitis and biliary disease observed in patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study | journal = Diabetes Care | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 834–838 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19208917 | pmc = 2671118 | doi = 10.2337/dc08-1755 | url = http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/5/834.full | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120610163642/http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/5/834.full | archive-date = 2012-06-10 }}</ref> Less common causes include [[pancreatic cancer]], pancreatic duct stones,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Macaluso JN |title=Editorial Comment |journal=J. Urol. |volume=158 |issue=2 |page=522 |date=August 1997 | doi = 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64525-7|url=http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347%2801%2964525-7/fulltext}} on {{cite journal | vauthors = Matthews K, Correa RJ, Gibbons RP, Weissman RM, Kozarek RA | title = Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for obstructing pancreatic duct calculi | journal = The Journal of Urology | volume = 158 | issue = 2 | pages = 522–525 | date = August 1997 | pmid = 9224338 | doi = 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64524-5 }}</ref> [[vasculitis]] (inflammation of the small [[blood vessels]] in the pancreas), and [[porphyria]]—particularly [[acute intermittent porphyria]] and [[erythropoietic protoporphyria]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} There is an [[hereditary pancreatitis|inherited form]] that results in the activation of [[trypsinogen]] within the pancreas, leading to [[autodigestion]]. Involved genes may include [[trypsin 1]], which codes for trypsinogen, [[SPINK1]], which codes for a [[trypsin inhibitor]], or [[cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator]].<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Whitcomb D | year=2006| title=Genetic Testing for Pancreatitis| url=http://www.touchalimentarydisease.com/articles.cfm?article_id=6374&level=2| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070051/http://www.touchalimentarydisease.com/articles.cfm?article_id=6374&level=2| archive-date=2017-10-16}}</ref>
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