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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

Beamon set out on a journey, and 26 doctors, 37 procedures and more than 17 years later, a rheumatologist finally cracked the confounding code: She had immune disorder IgG4-related disease, and ...

IgG4-related disease is a multifaceted, systemic fibroinflammatory condition that can affect virtually any organ, with autoimmune pancreatitis representing one of its most well‐characterised ...