Concomitant autoimmune and genetic pancreatitis leads to severe inflammatory conditions

World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Apr 28;14(16):2596-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2596.

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis characterized by an early onset should be extensively investigated including the search for a mutation of the PRSS1, SPINK-1 or CFTR genes and potential features of autoimmune pancreatitis. We here describe a case of chronic pancreatitis with an onset at a very young age in which a mutation of the PRSS1 and several features of autoimmune pancreatitis were identified.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Inflammation / genetics
  • Inflammation / immunology*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / etiology
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / genetics*
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / immunology*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G