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High-rate pulmonary involvement in autoimmune pancreatitis
- Source :
- Internal Medicine Journal. 36:58-61
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2006.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Pancreatic disease
Prednisolone
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
Gastroenterology
Autoimmune Diseases
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Hypoxia
Glucocorticoids
Aged
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Autoimmune disease
business.industry
Respiratory disease
Pulmonary Complication
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Pancreatitis
Female
medicine.symptom
Respiratory Insufficiency
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14455994 and 14440903
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e576e7f72ca304800034b6dc29e83a71