TY - JOUR
T1 - Autoimmune pancreatitis
AU - Gómez, Álvaro Andrés
AU - Sánchez, Carlos E.
AU - Gutiérrez, Juan Martín
AU - Fernández-Ávila, Daniel Gerardo
AU - Mallarino, Christina
AU - Beltrán, Adriana
AU - Díaz, María Claudia
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - We report the case of a 70-year-old male with chronic abdominal pain, who presented with increased intensity of the pain, and was initially diagnosed and treated for acute biliary pancreatitis. However, the symptoms persisted after hospital discharge, and he was subsequently studied with cholangio-MRI, abdominal CT scan, and ERCP, which revealed dilation of the biliary tract and a mass in the head of the pancreas. An excisional biopsy of the lesion showed chronic inflammation with severe sclerosing fibrosis and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. A diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis was made, and the patient was initiated on azathioprine with good clinical response.
AB - We report the case of a 70-year-old male with chronic abdominal pain, who presented with increased intensity of the pain, and was initially diagnosed and treated for acute biliary pancreatitis. However, the symptoms persisted after hospital discharge, and he was subsequently studied with cholangio-MRI, abdominal CT scan, and ERCP, which revealed dilation of the biliary tract and a mass in the head of the pancreas. An excisional biopsy of the lesion showed chronic inflammation with severe sclerosing fibrosis and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. A diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis was made, and the patient was initiated on azathioprine with good clinical response.
KW - Abdominal mass
KW - Abdominal pain
KW - Autoimmune pancreatitis
KW - Cholelithiasis
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U2 - 10.1016/S0121-8123(14)70147-1
DO - 10.1016/S0121-8123(14)70147-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026344295
SN - 0121-8123
VL - 21
SP - 46
EP - 50
JO - Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia
JF - Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia
IS - 1
ER -