High-rate pulmonary involvement in autoimmune pancreatitis.
Intern Med J
; 36(1): 58-61, 2006 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-16409315
ABSTRACT
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) has extrapancreatic complications such as Sjögren's syndrome, retroperitoneal fibrosis and sclerosing cholangitis. We studied 30 patients with AIP. Of these, we identified pulmonary involvement in four patients during follow up. Among them, two patients had respiratory failure. They showed good response to steroid therapy, but a higher dose of prednisolone was necessary to maintain remission than that required in biliary involvement. Elevation of immunoglobulin G(4) and Krebs von den Lungen-6 levels were characteristic of pulmonary involvement. They may be useful for early detection of pulmonary complication.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pancreatite
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Doenças Autoimunes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Intern Med J
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão