Autoimmune pancreatitis: Functional and morphological recovery after steroid therapy

作     者：László Czakó (E|')va Hegyk(o|¨)zi Attila Pálinkás János Lonovics 

作者机构：First Department of Medicine University of SzegedSzegedHungary Elizabeth Hospital Hódmez(o|″)vásárhelyHungary 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第12卷第11期

页      面：1810-1812页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by ETT (5 K.503)  OTKA (5 K507) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (BO 5/2003) 

主　　题：Autoimmune pancreatitis Steroid therapy Chronic pancreatitis Pancreatic endocrine function Pancreatic exocrine function 

摘      要：Autoimmune pancreatitis, a recently recognized type of chronic pancreatitis, is not rare in Japan, but reports of it elsewhere are relatively uncommon. We report the first preoperatively diagnosed case of autoimmune pancreatitis in Hungary, which responded well to steroid treatment and provided radiographic and functional evidence of this improvement. A 62-year-old female presented with a 4-month history of recurrent epigastric pain and a 5-kg weight loss. The oral glucose tolerance test （OGTT） indicated diabetes mellitus and the result of the fecal elastase test was abnormal. Ultrasonography （US） and the CT scan demonstrated a diffusely enlarged pancreas, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography （ERCP） an irregular main pancreatic duct with long strictures in the head and tail. Autoimmune pancreatitis was diagnosed. The patient was started on 32 mg prednisolone daily, After 4 wk, the OGTT and faecal elastase test results had normalized. The repeated US and CT scan revealed a marked improvement of the diffuse pancreatic swelling, while on repeated ERCP, the main pancreatic duct narrowing was seen to be ameliorated. It is important to be aware of this disease and its diagnosis, because AIP can clinically resemble pancreatobiliary malignancies, or chronic or acute pancreatitis, However, in contrast with chronic pancreatitis, its symptoms and morphologic and laboratory alterations are completely reversed by oral steroid therapy.