scholarly journals Autoimmune pancreatitis misdiagnosed as a tumor of the head of the pancreas

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Brauner
2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad-Reza Ghadir ◽  
Farshad Sheikhesmaili ◽  
Fatemeh Attari ◽  
Reza Safdari ◽  
Amirhossein Ghanooni ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e227888
Author(s):  
Carolina Isabel Gouveia ◽  
Laura Oliveira ◽  
António P Campos ◽  
José Cabral

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare entity that is extremely uncommon in children. Its diagnosis is also a clinical challenge. This form of chronic pancreatitis often presents itself with obstructive jaundice and/or a pancreatic mass and it is sometimes misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer. We describe the case of a 13-year-old boy with obstructive jaundice and a 4 cm mass in the head of the pancreas that was diagnosed as AIP with associated ulcerative colitis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. S742-S742
Author(s):  
Alok Shrestha ◽  
Monica Multani ◽  
Andrew Dam ◽  
Andrew Shenouda ◽  
George Shenouda ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-234
Author(s):  
MA Rahman ◽  
IK Datta ◽  
R Bhuyian ◽  
TM Bhuiyan ◽  
MM Kabir ◽  
...  

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a type of chronic pancreatitis characterized by an autoimmune inflammatory process in which prominent lymphocyte infiltration with associated fibrosis of the pancreas causes organ dysfunction. Clinically it is very important to be aware of autoimmune pancreatitis because autoimmune chronic pancreatitis (AIP) can clinically disguise as pancreaticobiliary malignancies, ordinary chronic or acute pancreatitis.  Here we report a case of autoimmune pancreatitis presented with obstructive jaundice with initial diagnosis of carcinoma of head of the pancreas. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v29i4.11344 J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2011; 29: 231-234


2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Terzin ◽  
I Földesi ◽  
L Kovács ◽  
G Pokornyi ◽  
T Wittmann ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Kahraman ◽  
M Büchter ◽  
A Canbay ◽  
G Gerken

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suvadip Chatterjee ◽  
Kofi W. Oppong ◽  
John S. Scott ◽  
Dave E. Jones ◽  
Richard M. Charnley ◽  
...  

Background & Aims: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a fibroinflammatory condition affecting the pancreas and could present as a multisystem disorder. Diagnosis and management can pose a diagnostic challenge in certain groups of patients. We report our experience of managing this condition in a tertiary pancreaticobiliary centre in the North East of England.Methods: Patients were identified from a prospectively maintained database of patients diagnosed with AIP between 2005 and 2013. Diagnosis of definite/probable AIP was based on the revised HISORt criteria. When indicated, patients were treated with steroids and relapses were treated with azathioprine. All patients have been followed up to date.Results: Twenty-two patients were diagnosed with AIP during this period. All patients had pancreatic protocol CT performed while some patients had either MR or EUS as part of the work up. Fourteen out of 22 (64%) had an elevated IgG4 level (mean: 10.9 g/L; range 3.4 - 31 g/L). Four (18%) patients underwent surgery. Extrapancreatic involvement was seen in 15 (68%) patients, with biliary involvement being the commonest. Nineteen (86%) were treated with steroids and five (23%) required further immunosuppression for treatment of relapses. The mean follow up period was 36.94 months (range 7 - 94).Conclusion: Autoimmune pancreatitis is being increasingly recognized in the British population. Extrapancreatic involvement, particularly extrahepatic biliary involvement seems to be a frequent feature.Diagnosis should be based on accepted criteria as this significantly reduces the chances of overlooking malignancy. Awareness of this relatively rare condition and a multi-disciplinary team approach will help us to diagnose and treat this condition more efiectively thereby reducing unnecessary interventions.


Suizo ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiri BABA ◽  
Yasuro FUTAGAWA ◽  
Takeyuki MISAWA ◽  
Nobuhiro TSUTSUI ◽  
Yuichi ISHIDA ◽  
...  

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