Clinical Features
Type 1 AIP Type 2 AIP Synonym Lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitisAIP without GEL Idiopathic duct-centric chronic pancreatitis AIP with GEL Epidemiology Asia > USA, Europe Europe > USA > Asia…
Treatment: Immunomodulatory Drugs and Rituximab
Fig. 23.1 Comparison of relapse-free survival following an initial relapse for those treated with steroids alone vs. steroids and an immunomodulatory agent (Adapted from Hart et al. [7] with permission…
Lymphadenopathy
Fig. 20.1 FDG-PET scan of the patient with type 1 AIP. FDG accumulates in the pancreas body to tail, gall bladder, right parotid gland, and median and inguinal lymph nodes…
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Fig. 17.1 CT imaging of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis showing a soft tissue mass encasing the aorta Fig. 17.2 CT imaging of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis showing a soft tissue mass in…
Type 2 AIP
Fig. 6.1 CT findings of type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis. (a) CT scan demonstrates diffuse pancreatic enlargement. (b) After steroid therapy, diffuse pancreatic enlargement is markedly improved on follow-up CT scan…
Pancreatic Endocrine and Exocrine Functions in Patients with Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Etiology Numberof patients (%) Onset of diabetessecondary topancreatic disorder (%) Chronic pancreatitis 684 40.0 46.3 Acute pancreatitis 129 7.5 47.6 Autoimmune pancreatitis 105 6.1 43.3 Pancreatic injury 13 0.8 66.7…
Steroid Therapy for Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Fig. 22.1 Radiologic remission of type 1 AIP with induction of remission therapy. Before treatment, CT scan reveals diffuse swelling of pancreatic parenchyme with minimal peripancreatic haziness. The pancreatic duct…
Future Perspective
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015Terumi Kamisawa and Jae Bock Chung (eds.)Autoimmune Pancreatitis10.1007/978-3-642-55086-7_30 30. Future Perspective Tsutomu Chiba1 , Masahiro Shiokawa1 and Yuzo Kodama1 (1) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin, Kawahara-cho 54, Sakyo,…
Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Europe
Author name Year N Country Diagnostic criteria Male % Age Age (range) AIP Type 1 % AIP Type 2 % OOI % IBD % Zamboni et al. [12] 2004 53…
