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Clinicopathological study of surgically treated non-neoplastic diseases of the pancreas with special reference to autoimmune pancreatitis.
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Langenbeck's archives of surgery [Langenbecks Arch Surg] 2023 Jun 04; Vol. 408 (1), pp. 223. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 04. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Purpose: After the popularization of serum immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) measurement and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in our institute, surgical resection for non-neoplastic diseases of the pancreas became less common. Although the incidence of such false-positive cases was clarified in the 10-year period after the introduction of these measures (2009-2018), these data were not compared with the 30 years before 2009 (1979-2008). This study was performed to determine the percentage of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) that was included during the latter period and how the numbers of false-positive cases differed between the two periods.<br />Methods: From 1979 to 2008, 51 patients had clinical suspicion of pancreatic carcinoma (false-positive disease). Among these 51 patients, 32 non-alcoholic patients who had tumor-forming chronic pancreatitis (TFCP) were clinically, histologically, and immunohistochemically compared with 11 patients who had TFCP during the latter 10-year period.<br />Results: Retrospective IgG4 immunostaining of false-positive TFCP revealed 14 (35.0%) cases of AIP in the former 30 years versus 5 (45.5%) in the latter 10 years. There were 40 (5.9%) cases of TFCP among 675 patients in the former 30 years and 11 (0.9%) among 1289 patients in the latter 10 years.<br />Conclusions: When the TFCP ratio of pancreatic resections and the AIP ratio of false-positive TFCPs were compared between the two periods, the TFCP ratio was 5.9% versus 0.9% and the AIP ratio was 35.0% versus 45.5%, respectively. It can thus be speculated that IgG4 measurement and EUS-FNA are absolutely imperative for the diagnosis of TFCP.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1435-2451
- Volume :
- 408
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Langenbeck's archives of surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37270454
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-023-02944-y