A case of autoimmune pancreatitis associated with sclerosing cholangitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis and Sjögren's syndrome. 2005

Toshiro Fukui, and Kazuichi Okazaki, and Hazuki Yoshizawa, and Shinya Ohashi, and Hiroyuki Tamaki, and Kimio Kawasaki, and Minoru Matsuura, and Masanori Asada, and Hiroshi Nakase, and Yasuaki Nakashima, and Akiyoshi Nishio, and Tsutomu Chiba
Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

We report a very rare case of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) associated with sclerosing cholangitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis and Sjögren's syndrome. The patient had an enlarged pancreas, and autoantibodies were detected in the serum. Serum IgG and IgG4 concentrations were also elevated. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed an irregular narrowing of the main pancreatic duct from the head to the body and sclerotic change in the intrapancreatic common bile duct, which later extended to the intrahepatic bile ducts. In addition, histological examination of the liver revealed lymphocytic sclerosis around the bile ducts, similar to the histology in the pancreas of AIP. Retroperitoneal tumors were diagnosed as retroperitoneal fibrosis by histological examination. Serological and functional abnormalities suggestive of Sjögren's syndrome were detected, and histological findings of the lip were compatible with Sjögren's syndrome. Immunohistochemistry of each lesion disclosed that most of the infiltrating lymphocytes were T cells with similar levels of both CD4+ and CD8+ cells. Moreover, some of the infiltrating plasma cells were positive for anti-IgG4 monoclonal antibody. These diseases were dramatically improved by steroid therapy. Although the pathophysiology of AIP is still unclear, the present case suggests a common pathophysiological mechanism for AIP, sclerosing cholangitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis and Sjögren's syndrome.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010195 Pancreatitis INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis. Acute Edematous Pancreatitis,Acute Pancreatitis,Pancreatic Parenchyma with Edema,Pancreatic Parenchymal Edema,Pancreatitis, Acute,Pancreatitis, Acute Edematous,Peripancreatic Fat Necrosis,Acute Edematous Pancreatitides,Acute Pancreatitides,Edema, Pancreatic Parenchymal,Edematous Pancreatitides, Acute,Edematous Pancreatitis, Acute,Fat Necrosis, Peripancreatic,Necrosis, Peripancreatic Fat,Pancreatic Parenchymal Edemas,Pancreatitides, Acute,Pancreatitides, Acute Edematous,Parenchymal Edema, Pancreatic,Peripancreatic Fat Necroses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001327 Autoimmune Diseases Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides. Autoimmune Disease,Disease, Autoimmune,Diseases, Autoimmune
D012185 Retroperitoneal Fibrosis A slowly progressive condition of unknown etiology, characterized by deposition of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneal space compressing the ureters, great vessels, bile duct, and other structures. When associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, it may be called chronic periaortitis or inflammatory perianeurysmal fibrosis. Ormond Disease,Perianeurysmal Fibrosis, Inflammatory,Periaortitis, Chronic,Fibrosis, Inflammatory Perianeurysmal,Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal Inflammatory,Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis,Inflammatory Fibrosis, Perianeurysmal,Inflammatory Perianeurysmal Fibrosis,Ormond's Disease,Perianeurysmal Inflammatory Fibrosis,Chronic Periaortitides,Chronic Periaortitis,Disease, Ormond,Disease, Ormond's,Fibroses, Retroperitoneal,Fibrosis, Retroperitoneal,Periaortitides, Chronic,Retroperitoneal Fibroses
D012859 Sjogren's Syndrome Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands undergo progressive destruction by lymphocytes and plasma cells resulting in decreased production of saliva and tears. The primary form, often called sicca syndrome, involves both KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA and XEROSTOMIA. The secondary form includes, in addition, the presence of a connective tissue disease, usually rheumatoid arthritis. Sicca Syndrome,Sjogren Syndrome,Sjogrens Syndrome,Syndrome, Sicca,Syndrome, Sjogren's
D015209 Cholangitis, Sclerosing Chronic inflammatory disease of the BILIARY TRACT. It is characterized by fibrosis and hardening of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ductal systems leading to bile duct strictures, CHOLESTASIS, and eventual BILIARY CIRRHOSIS. Cholangiitis, Sclerosing,Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing,Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis,Sclerosing Cholangitis,Cholangiitides, Sclerosing,Cholangitides, Primary Sclerosing,Cholangitides, Sclerosing,Primary Sclerosing Cholangitides,Sclerosing Cholangiitides,Sclerosing Cholangiitis,Sclerosing Cholangitides,Sclerosing Cholangitides, Primary,Sclerosing Cholangitis, Primary

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