Three Cases of Autoimmune Pancreatitis.
- Author:
Won Jae YOON
1
;
Yong Tae KIM
;
Yong Bum YOON
;
Ji Kon RYU
;
Jin Hyeok HWANG
;
Hyoun Woo KANG
;
Su Hwan KIM
;
Jin Hyun KIM
;
Sun Whe KIM
;
Woo Ho KIM
;
Byung Ihn CHOI
;
Ji Bong JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yyb10604@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Autoimmune pancreatitis;
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- MeSH:
Autoantibodies;
Cholangitis, Sclerosing;
Colitis, Ulcerative;
Crohn Disease;
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary;
Pancreatic Neoplasms;
Pancreatitis*;
Sjogren's Syndrome
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2004;28(1):52-59
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a distinct entity with characteristic histologic, morphologic, and clinical features. It may be isolated or associated with Sjogren syndrome, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, or other immune-mediated disorders. Recent studies have reported the profiles of autoantibodies in autoimmune pancreatitis. Also a number of reports on single cases or small series of cases have been published. We report three cases of autoimmune pancreatitis; one case was associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis, which was misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer; the other two cases were improved with steroid therapy.
