... of the utmost importance for the successful therapy of this malignancy. An accurate differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic lesions plays also an important role, whether it is differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis from PC or autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) from PC. Raised serum immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4...

...), and autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), in a population with IBD. Methods: A search for patients with IBD who presented at our hospital between January 2006 and January 2015 with a diagnosis of IBD was carried out. Patients: A total of 5,242 patients with IBD were included in this study (2,838 males, 54.1%, and 2,404...

...George J. Webster Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was recognized as a clinical entity, at least in the West little more than 10 years ago. Since then, studies globally, and international collaboration, have led to important advances in our understanding of its clinical features, disease course...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. IgG4-related disease Autoimmune pancreatitis Primary sclerosing cholangitis...

... infiltration of affected organs with lymphocytes and plasma cells with IgG4 positivity and tissue fibrosis. Type I autoimmune pancreatitis is one form of IgG4-related disease. For IgG4-related diseases, various localizations are described for up to 10% of malignancies. The aim of our study was to examine IgG4...

... hepatitis, infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells, and rosette formation, and is treated with immunosuppressive drugs. Autoimmune pancreatitis, a pancreatic disease caused by an autoimmune mechanism, is associated with elevated levels of serum IgG4 and the infiltration of IgG4-positive cells...

...Tomica Milosavljevic; Mirjana Kostic-Milosavljevic; Ivan Jovanovic; Miodrag Krstic The term autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was first used in Japan in 1995 to describe a newly recognized form of chronic pancreatitis, after the description of Yoshida and colleagues. But Sarles in 1961, first described...

...Ivo Novotný; Petr Dítě; Jan Trna; Jan Lata; Libuše Husová; Edvard Geryk IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis as part of IgG4 systemic-related diseases is commonly associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. Major clinical manifestations of IgG4-related sclerosing diseases are apparent in the organs...

...I. Novotný; P. Dítě; J. Lata; H. Nechutová; B. Kianička Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is recognized as a distinct clinical entity, identified as a chronic inflammatory process of the pancreas in which the autoimmune mechanism is involved. Clinically and histologically, AIP has two subsets: type 1...