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Incidence and outcome of lung involvement in IgG4‐related autoimmune pancreatitis |
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| Authors: | Takaaki Ogoshi Takashi Kido Kazuhiro Yatera Keishi Oda Chinatsu Nishida Kei Yamasaki Takeshi Orihashi Yukiko Kawanami Hiroshi Ishimoto Masashi Taguchi Masaru Harada Hiroshi Mukae |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan;2. Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Abstract: | We evaluated the incidence and outcome of lung involvement in 35 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). Our results indicate that lung involvement is commonly observed in AIP (40%). In addition, corticosteroid treatment improved the lung lesions and appeared to reduce the probability of relapse compared with pancreatic lesions (0% vs 36%). This is the first report to assess the long‐term outcome of lung involvement in AIP (52 ± 33 months). |
| Keywords: | autoimmune pancreatitis immunoglobulin G4 immunoglobulin G4‐related disease immunoglobulin G4‐related lung disease type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis |