Lymphadenopathy

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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…

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Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

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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…

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Type 2 AIP

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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…

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Steroid Therapy for Autoimmune Pancreatitis

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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…

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Serology

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Marker Positive/total (n) % Immunoglobulins  IgG4 80/88 90.9  IgG 59/88 67.0  IgE 33/83 39.8  IgA 7/88 8.0  IgM 4/88 4.5 Autoantibodies  Antinuclear antibody (ANA) 39/74 52.7  Rheumatoid factor (RF) 18/67…

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Future Perspective

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© 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,…

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