Autoimmune Pancreatitis Type II: First Report from India
Published: September 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/29078.10664
Gunjan Desai, Prasad Pande, Chandralekha Tampi, Prasad Wagle
1. Registrar, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2. Registrar, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
3. Consultant, Department of Pathology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
4. Consultant, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Gunjan Desai,
Registrar, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai-400050, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: dsshlsh@gmail.com
Autoimmune Pancreatitis (AIP) presents in two forms - Type I or lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis and Type II or idiopathic ducto-centric pancreatitis (IDCP). AIP II is rare in south Asia and, especially so, in India. Most patients have either Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis (ICP) or alcohol related chronic pancreatitis. AIP Type I has been described in India. We herein report a patient who had features of ICP on imaging, for whom surgery was performed to relieve chronic pancreatic pain. However, the pathologic features revealed AIP Type II or IDCP.
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