title: Autoimmune Pancreatitis:Typing,Diagnosis,and Treatment.
abstract: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP),a special type of chronic pancreatitis,is autoimmune-mediated and can be accompanied by swelling of the pancreas and irregular stenosis of the pancreatic duct. The main pathological features are fibrosis of pancreatic duct with IgG4-positive lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. Different typing methods of AIP can have differerent disease conditions. This paper reviews the history,clinical presentation,diagnostic criteria,and treatment of different AIP types to provide a new basis for the diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Yi-Xiao
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology,PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100730,China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lü
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D010179:Pancreas / Q000503:physiopathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G