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Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Study results from Thomas Jefferson University in the area of autoimmune pancreatitis published
November 4th, 2008
"An 80-year-old white man underwent pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy after presenting with obstructive jaundice and a dilated biliary tree on cholangiopancreatography. Histologic evaluation of the specimen revealed synchronous autoimmune pancreatitis (lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis) and infiltrating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas," investigators in the United States report. "The mixed inflammatory infiltrate centered on the pancreatic ducts was associated with acinar loss, parenchymal fibrosis, and obliterative venulitis. Immunohistochemical labeling with an antibody to IgG4 revealed greater than 50 IgG4-positive plasma cells per high power...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-11-04)
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