Autoimmune pancreatitis with retroperitoneal fibrosis which responded to steroid therapy but was complicated with refractory renal dysfunction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1557-1564

  Kuwatani, Masaki ^a   Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Makiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Onodera, Manabu ^a   Matsumoto, Kakuya ^b   Karasawa, Gakuyo ^c   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Karasawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; Multifocal fibrosclerosis; Prednisolone; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INSULIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PANCREAS DUCT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENOGRAPHY; RETREATMENT; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISONE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 34948853341     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0164     Document Type: Article

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