1. Incidence and outcome of lung involvement in IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis.
- Author
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Ogoshi T, Kido T, Yatera K, Oda K, Nishida C, Yamasaki K, Orihashi T, Kawanami Y, Ishimoto H, Taguchi M, Harada M, and Mukae H
- Subjects
- Aged, Early Medical Intervention, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Prognosis, Autoimmune Diseases complications, Autoimmune Diseases drug therapy, Glucocorticoids therapeutic use, Immunoglobulin G immunology, Lung Diseases complications, Lung Diseases diagnosis, Lung Diseases drug therapy, Lung Diseases epidemiology, Lung Diseases immunology, Pancreatitis complications, Pancreatitis drug therapy, Pancreatitis immunology
- Abstract
We evaluated the incidence and outcome of lung involvement in 35 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). Our results indicate that lung involvement is commonly observed in AIP (40%). In addition, corticosteroid treatment improved the lung lesions and appeared to reduce the probability of relapse compared with pancreatic lesions (0% vs 36%). This is the first report to assess the long-term outcome of lung involvement in AIP (52 ± 33 months)., (© 2015 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.)
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- 2015
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