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 ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis ... subtype of chronic pancreatitis. AIP is best described as the pancreatic manifestation of a systemic fibroinflammatory conditions. The systemic disease of which ...

I suppose the chief characteristic really is that it is so indolent compared to many other autoimmune ... Even pancreatitis, one of the most concerning manifestations of IgG4-related disease ...

These radiologic findings correspond to autoimmune pancreatitis and tubulointerstitial nephritis, with histopathological and immunohistochemical-staining features of IgG4-related disease.

More information: Akane Hara et al, A positive cytokine/chemokine feedback loop establishes plasmacytoid dendritic ...

“Defined about 30 years ago, autoimmune pancreatitis [AIP] remains ... linked to immunoglobulin G4–related disease (IgG4-RD), and type 2 AIP, primarily associated with inflammatory bowel ...

In autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), two forms of disease are distinguished: type 1 and type 2 AIP, only the former of which is an IgG4-related disease. In patients with type 1 AIP, additional ...

Type 2 is less common and has nothing to do with IgG4. If you have ... one has been diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis. In fact, it is estimated that the disease affects about 1 in 100,000 ...

Clinicians should consider IgG4-related sclerosing disease in the differential diagnosis to avoid unnecessary surgery. Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) should be diagnosed on the basis of a ...

Although elevated serum IgG4 levels have been linked ... Inflammatory bowel disease is frequently associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. In one series, 9 of 53 patients (17%) with autoimmune ...

IgG4 either cannot be detected or is found at very low levels. This type of autoimmune pancreatitis is also sometimes associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Type 2 disease appears to ...