Ko et al. observed that CFTR was incorrectly located in the cytoplasm of pancreatic duct cells in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis; corticosteroid therapy corrected this abnormal location and ...

A patient was diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis after Whipple's operation. Because the pancreas (body and tail) left behind is still inflamed, would you recommend that this patient receive ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is often misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer. Since autoimmune pancreatitis is benign and responds to steroid management, it is important ...

Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis can be diagnosed by and is synonymous with its pathognomonic histopathologic appearance called lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis. Type 1 autoimmune ...

We retrospectively reviewed 54 patients who met the International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria (ICDC)[3] for AIP (definitive type 1 [42], probable type 1 [4], definitive type 2 [0], probable type ...

To the Editor: Autoimmune sclerosing pancreatitis has been reported to be associated with elevated IgG4 levels in Japanese patients.1 It is unknown whether similar elevation in IgG4 levels is pres ...

Pancreatic fibrosis -- or the formation of scar tissue in the pancreas -- is associated with chronic pancreatitis, a progressive and debilitating illness that lacks a specific treatment. Skip to ...

Chronic pancreatitis, which has an annual incidence of 5 to 12 per 100,000 people, can result in permanent damage to the pancreas's exocrine and endocrine functions.

Researchers evaluated 116 patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) treated with immunomodulators (IMs) or steroids alone following surgery or medical or supportive therapy. News News ...

You are not alone if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis. In fact, it is estimated that the disease affects about 1 in 100,000 people.

Roughly one in 10 surgeries to remove a pancreatic tumor find a hardened mass arising from autoimmune pancreatitis — not cancer. These lumps result from inflammation-based tissue damage.