Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A form of pancreatitis characterised by immune-mediated inflammation, often associated with IgG4-related disease, and typically responsive to glucocorticoid therapy.

Even pancreatitis, one of the most concerning manifestations of IgG4-related disease is very subclinical. Patients have relatively few symptoms, and this is very much counter to what we understand ...

You are not alone if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis. In fact, it is estimated that the disease affects about 1 in 100,000 people.

Recent results from a cross-sectional study show that patients with immunoglobulin G4-related autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) experience a high burden of disease-associated damage, iatrogenic injury ...

Endoscopic modalities, serum IgG4 levels, and steroid responsiveness are often necessary for accurate diagnosis, especially in isolated IgG4-SC cases without autoimmune pancreatitis.

So, autoimmune pancreatitis, which has gone by a number of different names for the past several decades, is, in fact, one of the most important manifestations of IgG4-related disease. So, IgG4 ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), a systemic autoimmune disorder, ... called IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). When induced repeatedly with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid ...

An imbalance in specific antibodies can be a sign of autoimmune disease. High levels of IgG4, a particular type of antibody, can lead to widespread organ damage and mass growth.

The systemic disease of which AIP is a part has been called IgG4-related systemic diseases. AIP mimics pancreatic cancer and it is critically important to distinguish between the two diseases.

At baseline, 62 (45.9%) participants had newly diagnosed IgG4-RD and 73 (54.1%) had recurrent disease. Both groups received identical glucocorticoid tapers. Overall, 127 (94.1%) completed the 52 ...

Multiple underlying factors, including autoimmune conditions such as autoimmune pancreatitis and celiac disease, can cause EPI. However, EPI itself is not an autoimmune condition.