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…
GENERAL SURGERY
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…
Autoimmune Pancreatitis in the USA
Fig. 28.1 Rates of relapse in type 1 and type 2 AIP. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for relapse-free survival following diagnosis for type 1 AIP (red line) compared to type 2…
International Survey of Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Japan Korea Taiwan China Number of patients 137 118 47 25 Average age (years) 62.2 57.2 64.9 54.0 Gender (% male) 109 (80 %) 85 (72 %) 42 (89…
Occurrence of Malignant Neoplasms
Nishino [16] Hart [9] Yamamoto [18] Shiokawa [17] Publication year 2006 2012 2012 2013 Number of pt. with AIP 12 1,064 106 108 Number of pt. with malignancy 2…
