Autoimmune pancreatitis laboratory findings
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Overview
Laboratory Findings
- Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis include:[1][2][3][4][5]
- Increased serum IgG4 levels and hypergammaglobulinemia (>2 times the upper limit of normal in most patients)
- Other autoantibodies (ANA)
- Rheumatoid factor (RF)
- IgG4-positive plasma cells
- Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase levels (ALP)
- Elevated serum aminotransferases
- ESR
- CA19-9
References
- ↑ Kamisawa T, Funata N, Hayashi Y, Eishi Y, Koike M, Tsuruta K, Okamoto A, Egawa N, Nakajima H (2003). "A new clinicopathological entity of IgG4-related autoimmune disease". J. Gastroenterol. 38 (10): 982–4. doi:10.1007/s00535-003-1175-y. PMID 14614606.
- ↑ Shinji A, Sano K, Hamano H, Unno H, Fukushima M, Nakamura N, Akamatsu T, Kawa S, Kiyosawa K (2004). "Autoimmune pancreatitis is closely associated with gastric ulcer presenting with abundant IgG4-bearing plasma cell infiltration". Gastrointest. Endosc. 59 (4): 506–11. PMID 15044886.
- ↑ Takeda S, Haratake J, Kasai T, Takaeda C, Takazakura E (2004). "IgG4-associated idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis complicating autoimmune pancreatitis". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19 (2): 474–6. PMID 14736977.
- ↑ Saeki T, Saito A, Hiura T, Yamazaki H, Emura I, Ueno M, Miyamura S, Gejyo F (2006). "Lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of multiple organs with immunoreactivity for IgG4: IgG4-related systemic disease". Intern. Med. 45 (3): 163–7. PMID 16508232.
- ↑ Umemura T, Zen Y, Hamano H, Kawa S, Nakanuma Y, Kiyosawa K (2007). "Immunoglobin G4-hepatopathy: association of immunoglobin G4-bearing plasma cells in liver with autoimmune pancreatitis". Hepatology. 46 (2): 463–71. doi:10.1002/hep.21700. PMID 17634963.