Open AccessSpontaneous remission of autoimmune pancreatitis: Four case reports
Author(s) -
Bin-Bin Zhang,
Jian-Wei Huo,
Zhenghan Yang,
Zhenchang Wang,
Erhu Jin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i23.8232
Subject(s) - autoimmune pancreatitis , medicine , asymptomatic , abdominal pain , pancreatitis , jaundice , gastroenterology , pancreas , pancreatic duct , spontaneous remission , pathology , alternative medicine
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a particular type of chronic pancreatitis, and steroid treatment of AIP is effective. Spontaneous remission (SR) of AIP without steroids is relatively rare. The international consensus for the treatment of autoimmune pancreatitis suggests that patients with AIP with obstructive jaundice, abdominal pain, and back pain related to the pancreas or the bile duct should be treated with steroids; most asymptomatic patients with AIP may improve without steroids. However, in our clinical work, we found that the clinical characteristics of AIP patients with SR vary. Four of these cases are described here. In addition, to our knowledge, there is no previously published report of dynamic imaging before and after SR of AIP at present.