[A case of autoimmune pancreatitis combined with extensive involvement of biliary tract].
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a distinct disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies and hypergammaglobulinemia, inflammation of the pancreatic parenchyma, and irregular stricture of the pancreatic duct. The involvement of distal common bile duct is frequently observed, but intrahepatic bile duct involvement is very rare, which seem to have similar feature to primary sclerosing cholangitis. We report a case of the patient with autoimmune pancreatitis combined with extensive involvement of extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile duct, which had a favorable response to steroid therapy.
Lee
Chang Min
CM
Departments of Internal Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Roh
Myung Hwan
MH
Jung
Chang Kil
CK
Won
Jong Jin
JJ
Baek
Yang Hyun
YH
Lee
Sung Wook
SW
Choi
Seok Ryeol
SR
Cho
Jin Han
JH
D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011239:Prednisolone