autoimmune pancreatitis
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related: GI
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pathophysiology: unclear
- systemic fibroinflammatory disease
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sx:
- painless jaundice
- IgG4-related associations: sialadenitis, probable retroperitoneal fibrosis
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dx
- imaging: sausage shaped pancreas
- abundant IgG4-producing plasma cells seen on tissue biopsy
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treatment: prednisone
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