Concomitant autoimmune and genetic pancreatitis leads to severe inflammatory conditions | Zendy

JeanLouis Frossard | Zendy; JeanMarc Dumonceau | Zendy; Catherine M. Pastor | Zendy; Laurent Spahr | Zendy; Antoine Hadengue | Zendy

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Concomitant autoimmune and genetic pancreatitis leads to severe inflammatory conditions

Author(s) -

JeanLouis Frossard,

JeanMarc Dumonceau,

Catherine M. Pastor,

Laurent Spahr,

Antoine Hadengue

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

world journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 155

eISSN - 2219-2840

pISSN - 1007-9327

DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.2596

Subject(s) - pancreatitis , autoimmune pancreatitis , concomitant , medicine , mutation , hereditary pancreatitis , pancreatitis, chronic , gastroenterology , immunology , gene , biology , genetics , trypsinogen , enzyme , trypsin , biochemistry

Chronic pancreatitis characterized by an early onset should be extensively investigated including the search for a mutation of the PRSS1, SPINK-1 or CFTR genes and potential features of autoimmune pancreatitis. We here describe a case of chronic pancreatitis with an onset at a very young age in which a mutation of the PRSS1 and several features of autoimmune pancreatitis were identified.

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