Management strategies for autoimmune pancreatitis

INTRODUCTION: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a newly developed concept for a peculiar type of pancreatitis, and at present is recognized as a pancreatic lesion reflecting IgG4-related systemic disease. It is of utmost importance to differentiate AIP from pancreatic cancer to avoid unnecessary surgery.

AREAS COVERED: The current management strategies for AIP, including its clinical features, diagnostic criteria, clinical subtypes, steroid therapy and prognosis are discussed, based on our 66 AIP cases and papers searched in PubMed from 1992 to March 2011, using the term 'autoimmune pancreatitis'. A new clinicopathological entity, an 'IgG4-related sclerosing disease' is also mentioned.

EXPERT OPINION: AIP should be considered in the differential diagnosis in elderly male patients presented with obstructive jaundice and pancreatic mass. Steroids are a standard therapy for AIP, but their regimen including maintenance therapy should be evaluated in prospective trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy - 12(2011), 14 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 2149-59

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kamisawa, Terumi [VerfasserIn]
Takuma, Kensuke [VerfasserIn]
Hara, Seiichi [VerfasserIn]
Tabata, Taku [VerfasserIn]
Kuruma, Sawako [VerfasserIn]
Inaba, Yoshihiko [VerfasserIn]
Gopalakrishna, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Egawa, Naoto [VerfasserIn]
Itokawa, Fumihide [VerfasserIn]
Itoi, Takao [VerfasserIn]

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Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulin G
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Prednisolone
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Date Completed 13.01.2012

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1517/14656566.2011.595710

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NLM209529598