Autoimmune pancreatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, liver inflammatory pseudotumors, retroperitoneal fibrosis, lymphadenopathy, and sialoadenitis in a single patient: A multifaceted expression of a hitherto unrecognized systemic autoimmune syndrome?

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-478

  De Suray, Nicolas ^a   Van Beers, Bernard ^a   Sempoux, Christine ^a   Borschette, Christophe ^a   Lonneux, Max ^a   Deprez, Pierre ^a   Geubel, André ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SIALOADENITIS; STENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; SYNDROME;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PANCREATITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SIALADENITIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 66149099308     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31818e4793     Document Type: Letter

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