Some aspects of the etiology and the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis.

The development of modern technology and advances in medical science make possible understanding of etiology of chronic pancreatitis. From a century ago, the ethanol is connected to chronic pancreatitis. In the last decades medical science made a big footstep in understanding of so called "idiopathic pancreatitis". Factors as autoimmune disturbances, toxins, gene mutations, geographic characteristics are already known as cornerstones in etiology and pathogenesis of the disease.