Abstract

BARREIRO, Pedro et al. Autoimmune pancreatitis and ulcerative colitis: A clinical challenge of a true association. J Port Gastrenterol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.1, pp.36-40. ISSN 0872-8178.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpg.2012.04.015.

Autoimmune pancreatitis is emerging as a well-defined clinical entity, yet its diagnosis and therapeutic approach still constitute a clinical challenge. Its association to other autoimmune diseases, namely ulcerative colitis, is known although the exact relationship between the two entities is not completely clarified. We present the case of a patient who developed obstructive jaundice with later onset of blood-stained diarrhea, leading to a final diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and ulcerative colitis. We make a brief revision of autoimmune pancreatitis, its relationship with ulcerative colitis and therapeutic approaches of the same, namely the eventual necessity of immunosuppressive therapy.

Keywords : Autoimmune pancreatitis; Chronic pancreatitis; Ulcerative colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Immunosuppression.

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