Journal of the Pancreas Open Access

Abstract

Review Article: Diagnosis and Management of Igg4 Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Ahmed Salem, Diaa Hamouda, Alyssa Parian

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis that has only recently been recognized as a separate type of pancreatitis in the last two decades. The histopathological features of this distinct form of pancreatitis was first described as early as 1961 when the French Henry Sarles.