autoimmune pancreatitis/phosphatase

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a fibro-inflammatory form of chronic pancreatitis. It is diagnosed by the combination of imaging studies such as a CT scan and pancreatography, laboratory analyses that include IgG4 and/or autoantibodies, histopathological evaluations and positive response to

BACKGROUND We report on a case of autoimmune pancreatitis presenting as pancreatic head cancer, which is extremely rare in Iran. Currently, on the PubMed database, no such cases exist. METHODS A 70-year-old Iranian man presented with recurrent abdominal pain, jaundice and elevated bilirubin and

We present a case of a 16-year-old adolescent boy with autoimmune pancreatitis and a review of the related literature. The patient was sent from a peripheral medical center, presenting with jaundice, pruritus, weight loss, and hyperglycemia of 20 days' duration. At admission, the patient was

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to summarize the clinical features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and review the advances in the differential diagnosis with pancreatic carcinoma, thus help to make a correct diagnosis and avoid unnecessary surgery in clinical practice. METHODS Five patients

BACKGROUND Both autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are related to various diseases. But the concurrence of AIP and PBC is extremely rare, with only 2 cases reported. Here we report the concurrence of AIP and PBC in a Chinese patient for the first time. METHODS A

OBJECTIVE Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) responds dramatically to corticosteroids treatment. We reviewed our experience to determine the safety and effectiveness of treating obstructive jaundice in definitive AIP with corticosteroids alone without biliary stenting. METHODS From our AIP database, we

A 65-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) was admitted for progressive jaundice. Diffuse pancreatic swelling and stricture of the main pancreatic duct were observed with elevated serum levels of direct bilirubin, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase,

OBJECTIVE American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidance recommends measurement of IgG4 in patients with sclerosing cholangitis (SC). The objective of this study was to evaluate this by analyzing our SC practice. METHODS Characteristics were collected on 168 patients with

OBJECTIVE The differential diagnosis of early-stage pancreatic cancer and mass-forming pancreatitis is still unsettled. The purpose of the present study was to define the differential feature of focal mass-forming pancreatitis and malignant mass using aspects of clinical, laboratory and imaging

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a chronic fibroinflammatory condition primarily affecting the pancreas. Recent accumulating evidence suggested that autoimmune pancreatitis is a systemic autoimmune disease (immunoglobulin G4 [IgG4]-related autoimmune disease) affecting various organs with dense

We analyzed 388 cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in Japan, according to a questionnaire sent to gastroenterologists. There was male predominance (59%), and interestingly there were two peaks in the age distribution as seen in the previous study. Jaundice and itching, major symptoms in

At a workshop on primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) held during Digestive Disease Week - Japan 2003, 388 PSC cases in Japan were analyzed. Two peaks in the age distribution were also observed in this survey. Jaundice and itching, major symptoms in PSC patients included in the diagnostic criteria,

OBJECTIVE Biliary strictures, similar to primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), have been reported in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis, which is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and responsiveness to corticosteroids. We sought to determine the frequency of elevated IgG4 in patients