title: Autoimmune pancreatitis with multiorgan involvement. A case of pericardial involvement.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Autoimmune pancreatitis is increasingly being diagnosed as a multiorgan disorder and a small group of patient present a diagnostic and management dilemma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a complicated case of autoimmune pancreatitis with multiorgan involvement. This is the first reported case of pericardial involvement and agrees with other authors that autoimmune pancreatitis is a multisystem disorder predominantly affecting the pancreas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In such cases more intensive immunosuppressive therapy may be necessary to get better control of the disease as is apparent from this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. manu.nayar@nuth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Manu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nayar
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Charnley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haugk
authors.forename: Kofi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oppong
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010496:Pericardium / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D015122:Mercaptopurine