Background: It is now generally accepted that chronic pancreatic injury and fibrosis may result from repeated episodes of acute pancreatic necroinflammation (the necrosis-fibrosis sequence). Recent ...

Objective Corticosteroid has been established as the standard therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), but the requirement for maintenance corticosteroid therapy is controversial. We conducted a ...

Individuals with cystic fibrosis or CFTR gene variants have a 3-fold higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer after 50 years of age.

In addition to pancreatic involvement, the systemic features of AIP include involvement of the bile duct, kidneys, retroperitoneum, orbits, lymph nodes and salivary glands. [6, 22, 23, 24 ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is the pancreatic manifestation of a systemic fibroinflammatory disorder. It has been recognized as a distinct clinical entity, only recently.