Abstract
Chronic pancreatitis is the progressive and permanent destruction of the pancreas resulting in exocrine and endocrine insufficiency and, often, chronic disabling pain. The etiology is multifactorial. 60 to 70% of patients with chronic pancreatitis have a long history of heavy consumption of alcohol before the onset of clinically apparent disease. Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare cause of chronic pancreatitis and there is paucity of data on this interesting association. The relationship of cause and effect between the two diseases has been debated. We present here a case of a 42-year-old non-alcoholic man, diagnosed to be suffering from chronic calcific pancreatitis, the cause of which was found to be hypercalcemia due to a solitary parathyroid adenoma.
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