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Autoimmune Pancreatitis Type 2: Case Report

© 2017, © 2017 American Federation for Medical Research. A middle-aged man presents with acute pancreatitis of unknown etiology and is found to have a presentation consistent with the diagnosis of type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). AIP is a group of rare heterogeneous diseases that are challenging to diagnose. There are 2 types of AIP. Type 1 disease is the more common worldwide than type 2 AIP. While type 1 AIP is associated with IgG4-positive antibodies, type 2 AIP is IgG4 antibody negative. Both types of AIP are responsive to corticosteroid treatment. Although type 1 AIP has more extrapancreatic manifestations and more commonly relapses, this is a case of a patient with type 2 AIP with inflammatory bowel disease and relapsing course.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-11807
Date01 October 2017
CreatorsOnweni, Chidinma, Balagoni, Harika, Treece, Jennifer M., Addo Yobo, Emmanuel, Patel, Archi, Phemister, Jennifer, Srinath, Manoj, Young, Mark
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works
Rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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