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Histopathological features of autoimmune pancreatitis.

Minerva Gastroenterol. Dietol. 54, 365-374 (2008)
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Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a chronic fibroinflammatory disease of the pancreas characterised by lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, interstitial fibrosis, periductal inflammation and periphlebitis. Although first described more than four decades ago, it has not gained widespread attention until the 1990s when new insights into its aetiology, clinical presentation and management were discovered. Although nowadays widely accepted as a form of chronic pancreatitis, recent evidence suggests that AIP might not be confined to the pancreas but rather be an inflammatory pancreaticobiliary disease (autoimmune pancreatocholangitis, AIPC) with possible systemic involvement and association with other autoimmune disorders. This article reviews current concepts of AIP with special focus on the histopathological features of the disease.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Review
Language english
Publication Year 2008
HGF-reported in Year 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0026-4776
e-ISSN 1827-1642
Quellenangaben Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 365-374 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Edizioni Minerva Medica
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Research field(s) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP Element(s) G-500300-001
PubMed ID 19047978
Erfassungsdatum 2009-09-11