title: Autoimmune pancreatitis with effective steroid therapy.
abstract: Autoimmune pancreatitis has recently been described as a clinical entity that causes chronic pancreatitis. This unique form of chronic pancreatitis is characterized by minimal attacks of abdominal pain, irregular narrowing of the pancreatic duct, and a diffuse enlargement of the pancreas. Autoimmune pancreatitis is associated with hypergammaglobulinemia. In addition, there is histological evidence of lymphoplasmacytic inflammation, the occasional coexistence of other autoimmune diseases, and has a favorable response to glucocorticoid treatment. Recently autoimmune pancreatitis has been increasingly reported particularly in Japan. We report two patients with autoimmune pancreatitis who were treated successfully with corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Pil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Seung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jun Pyo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jae Bock
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jin Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jinna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Nyun
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Si Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone