autoimmune pancreatitis

  • related: GI gastroenterology
  • pathophysiology: unclear
    • systemic fibroinflammatory disease
  • sx:
    • painless jaundice
    • IgG4-related associations: sialadenitis, probable retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • dx
    • imaging: sausage shaped pancreas
    • abundant IgG4-producing plasma cells seen on tissue biopsy
  • treatment: prednisone