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Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability/Unemployment, Current Smoking, and Associated Co-Morbidities [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) has a profound independent effect on quality of life (QOL). Our aim was to identify factors that impact the QOL in CP patients.
Abberbock, Judah, Alkaade, Samer, Amann, Stephen T., Anderson, Michelle A., Baillie, John, Banks, Peter A., Brand, Randall E., Conwell, Darwin L., Cote, Gregory A., Forsmark, Christopher E., Gardner, Timothy B., Gelrud, Andres, Guda, Nalini M., Lewis, Michele D., Machicado, Jorge D., Muniraj, Thiruvengadam, Sandhu, Bimaljit S., Sherman, Stuart, Singh, Vikesh K., Slivka, Adam, Tang, Gong, Whitcomb, David C., Wilcox, C. Mel, Yadav, Dhiraj   +23 more
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Autoimmune pancreatitis - role of intestinal microbiota in pathogenesis. Review of the literature

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a type of chronic autoimmune inflammation that can be divided into two types. Type 1 is a clinical manifestation of IgG4-mediated disease, while type 2 may coexist with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Katarzyna Wiejak, Katarzyna Schok, Jakub Jasek   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal strictures in a pediatric patient with Satoyoshi syndrome

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a novel case of gastrointestinal strictures in a young girl with Satoyoshi syndrome (SS), highlighting multi‐system features of alopecia universalis, painful muscle cramps with dystonia, aberrant growth velocity, and skeletal abnormalities.
Katherine (Tusia) Pohoreski, Gary Galante, Kiera Pajunen, Marie‐Anne Brundler, Samarjeet Bhandal, Iwona Wrobel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rituximab in steroid-refractory immune-related pancreatitis: a case report

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for treating several types of cancer is increasing, but they may be associated with immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Pancreatitis is a rare irAE, mostly responsive to steroid treatment.
Armando Santoro, Armando Santoro, Silvia Masini, Silvia Masini, Raffaele Cavina, Maria Chiara Tronconi, Fabio De Vincenzo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infantile exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to a homozygous SPINK1 pathogenic variant in two siblings: A case report

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Infantile exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is a rare condition, most often encountered in the context of cystic fibrosis or Shwachman–Diamond syndrome. The SPINK1 gene encodes a trypsin inhibitor protein that prevents the premature activation of digestive enzymes in pancreatic tissue.
France Chalon, Angélique Lhomme, Marie Léonard, Laura Zambelli, Serpil Alkan, Corinne Fasquelle, Aimé Lumaka, Guillaume Debray, Vincent Bours, Julie Frère, Emeline Bequet   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency after bariatric surgery [PDF]

, 2017
Morbid obesity is a lifelong disease, and all patients require complementary follow-up including nutritional surveillance by a multidisciplinary team after bariatric procedures.
Arnelo, Urban, Haas, Stephan L., Löhr, J. -Matthias, Martin, Lena, Rutkowski, Wiktor, Thorell, Anders, Valente, Roberto, Vujasinovic, Miroslav   +7 more
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Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis

Medicina, 2020
Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis is a cause of chronic pancreatitis related to the systemic disease known as IgG4-related Sclerosing Disease. Case report: We report the case of a 64-year-old male patient who presented recurrent epigastric pain radiating to
Gustavo Mesquita de Oliveira, Lia de Freitas Araújo Alves, Paloma Lucena Cabral, Ana Luiza Viana Pequeno, Clóvis Rêgo Coelho, Rodrigo Vieira Costa Lima   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional IKK/NF-κB signaling in pancreatic stellate cells is essential to prevent autoimmune pancreatitis

Communications Biology, 2022
A model of autoimmune pancreatitis is developed by blocking the activation of NF-κB in pancreatic stellate cells, via conditional deletion of NEMO (IKKγ), which presents strong pancreatic inflammation with eosinophilia after the induction of chronic ...
Lap Kwan Chan, Miltiadis Tsesmelis, Melanie Gerstenlauer, Frank Leithäuser, Alexander Kleger, Lukas Daniel Frick, Harald Jacob Maier, Thomas Wirth   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ocular facial myositis and sialadenitis presenting with new onset ulcerative colitis

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Extra‐intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can involve most organ systems, although the immunologic underpinnings are not well understood. Most patients who present with an extra‐intestinal manifestation have a single site of extra‐intestinal involvement; however, a small cohort presents with multiple different sites ...
Nicole Du, Nicole Mendez, Anil Darbari
wiley   +1 more source

Autoimmune Chronic Pancreatitis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2008
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a unique form of chronic pancreatitis that is characterized by swelling of the pancreas, narrowing of the main pancreatic duct (MPD), elevation of serum gamma globulin, or immunoglobulin G or presence of autoantibody, lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and dense fibrosis on histopathology.
Lin, Lien-Fu, Huang, Pi-Teh, Ho, Ka-Sic, Tung, Jai-Nien   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources