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Diabetes mellitus asociada a pancreatitis autoinmune: caso clínico

Pinto K, Esteban; Vargas R, Cecilia; Gómez G, Patricia; Durruty A, Pilar; López S, Gloria.

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (5), 2019

Autoimmune pancreatitis is uncommon, responds to steroids and is usually associated with diabetes mellitus. We report a 73 year-old male who, two months after a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, presented with obstructive jaundice and weight loss. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging was suggestive of an a...

Pancreatitis Autoinmune/complicaciones, Pancreatitis Autoinmune/tratamiento farmacológico, Complicaciones de la Diabetes/complicaciones, Complicaciones de la Diabetes/tratamiento farmacológico, Diabetes Mellitus/tratamiento farmacológico, Glucocorticoides/uso terapéutico, Prednisona/uso terapéutico, Pancreatitis Autoinmune/diagnóstico por imagen, Hipoglucemiantes/uso terapéutico, Inmunoglobulina G/sangre, Insulina/uso terapéutico, Imagen por Resonancia Magnética, Resultado del Tratamiento

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Pancreatitis autoinmune: desafío diagnóstico y tratamiento actual

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas. The mechanism of the disease is not completely known. However, AIP shows cellular and humoral immunity elements, the most important being helper and regulatory T lymphocytes as well as B-lymphocytes and plasmocytes, participating i...