Isabelle Scheers, Joseph J Palermo, Steven Freedman, Michael Wilschanski, Uzma Shah, Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Bradley Barth, Douglas S Fishman, Cheryl Gariepy, Matthew J Giefer, Melvin B Heyman, Ryan W Himes, Sohail Z Husain, Tom K Lin, Quin Liu, Mark Lowe, Maria Mascarenhas, Veronique Morinville, Chee Y Ooi, Emily R Perito, David A Piccoli, John F Pohl, Sarah J Schwarzenberg, David Troendle, Steven Werlin, Bridget Zimmerman, Aliye Uc, Tanja Gonska
OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an increasingly recognized disease entity, but data in children are limited. AIP presentation and outcome in children might differ from the adult experience. We aim to determine the characteristic features of AIP in children. METHODS: Data about clinical symptoms, imaging, histology, and treatment were collected using two sources: (i) a systematic literature search and (ii) the INSPPIRE database, the largest international multicenter study of pancreatitis in children and the Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc (CUSL) registry...
October 2017: American Journal of Gastroenterology