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Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes are the commonest causes of chronic pancreatitis. In the elderly, autoimmune pancreatitis can also be considered. Pancreatic insufficiency of unknown cause can occur uncommonly in older persons without other symptoms of pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis changes may also be present due to chronic ductal obstruction such as that caused by a pancreatic or periampullary tumour; therefore, a careful history and good‐quality imaging evaluation are required to exclude mass lesions, particularly in patients without other risk factors for chronic pancreatitis