Recent advances in autoimmune pancreatitis

DH Park, MH Kim, ST Chari - Gut, 2009 - gut.bmj.com
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is distinct from calcifying and obstructive forms of chronic
pancreatitis. Clinically and histologically it has two distinct subsets:(i) lymphoplasmacytic …

A diagnostic strategy to distinguish autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic cancer

ST Chari, N Takahashi, MJ Levy, TC Smyrk… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and pancreatic cancer (PaC) have
similar presentations; a diagnostic strategy is needed to distinguish the 2 diseases …

Misdiagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: a caution to clinicians

TB Gardner, MJ Levy, N Takahashi… - Official journal of the …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pancreas that is
increasingly encountered worldwide. It has generated considerable interest, in part because …

Evaluation and management of autoimmune pancreatitis: experience at a large US center

A Raina, D Yadav, AM Krasinskas… - Official journal of the …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is increasingly recognized as a form of chronic
pancreatitis. Systematic evaluation and management of AIP in the United States is reported …

Autoimmune pancreatitis: differences between the focal and diffuse forms in 87 patients

L Frulloni, C Scattolini, M Falconi… - Official journal of the …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a particular type of chronic pancreatitis that
can be classified into diffuse and focal forms. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical …

Immunoglobulin G4-associated cholangitis: one variant of immunoglobulin G4-related systemic disease

YA Alderlieste, BDJ Van den Elzen, EAJ Rauws… - Digestion, 2009 - karger.com
Abstract IgG4-associated cholangitis (IAC) is a recently defined disease entity which shares
a number of clinical, biochemical, and radiological features with primary sclerosing …

Autoimmune pancreatitis

S Detlefsen, AM Drewes - Scandinavian journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a relatively newly recognized type of
pancreatitis that is characterized by diffuse or focal swelling of the pancreas due to …

Autoimmune pancreatitis: an update

A Sugumar, S Chari - Expert Review of Gastroenterology & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is the pancreatic manifestation of a systemic
fibroinflammatory disorder. It has been recognized as a distinct clinical entity, only recently …

Chronic pancreatitis

MJ DiMagno, EP DiMagno - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Researchers this last year have further characterized clinical aspects of chronic pancreatitis
that may lead to improved detection of early chronic pancreatitis and AIP, risk stratification …

A case of IgG4-related sclerosing disease with retroperitoneal fibrosis, autoimmune pancreatitis and bilateral focal nephritis

W Van Moerkercke, M Verhamme, G Meeus, R Oyen… - Pancreas, 2009 - journals.lww.com
A 74-year-old male patient presented with progressive anorexia, cholestatic liver function
tests, and a diffuse enlarged pancreas suggestive of a pancreatic carcinoma. There was a …