Acute recurrent pancreatitis: An autoimmune disease?

Table 5 Clinical and morphological data of autoimmune pancreatitis patients with recurrent pancreatitis

Study	Type of study	Patients studied	Associated disease	Median FU (mo)	FU range (mo)	Criteria adopted	Imaging alterations	IgG elevation	IgG4 elevation	Antibodies present
Borum[140]	CR	2	SLE		132-253	Histology	Yes	NR	NR	Yes
Wakabayashi[13]	R	7	5 U		28-75	JPS	Yes	5/7	NR	1/8
Hardacre[142]	R	37	1 SS, 2 UC	33	NR	Histology	NR	NR	NR	NR
Weber[145]	P	31	1 BP + LD + F, 1 IN,	38	0-72	Histology	Yes	NR	NR	NR
			1 Pa, 1 RA,
			1 SS+GD+AI,
			1 UC+GS+G
Fernandez-del Castillo[141]	CR	1	None	5		Histology	Yes	NR	NR	NR
Zamboni[146]	R	53	2 SS, 1 SS + T, 1 SS + RF, 2 CD, 1 CD + RA, 3 UC, 4 U	361	6-2761	Histology	NR	NR	NR	NR
Tanvetyanon[143]	CR	1	MS	14		JPS	Yes	NR	No	No
Wayne[144]	R	6	None	60	48-240	Histology	3/6	NR	NR	1/7
Abisi[139]	CR	1	IN, SS, LA	NR	NR	Histology	Yes	Yes	NR	Yes

FU: Follow-up; CR: Case report; R: Retrospective; P: Prospective; JPS: Japanese Pancreatic Society criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis; NR: Not reported; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; SS: Sjogren syndrome; UC: Ulcerative colitis; BP: Bell's palsy; LD: Lyme disease; F: Fibromylagia; IN: Interstitial nephritis; Pa: Parotiditis; RA: Rheumatoid arthritis; GA: Grave's disease; AI: Adrenal insufficiency; GS: Granulomatous sialoadenitis; G: Goiter; T: Thyroiditis; RF: retroperitoneal fibrosis; CD: Crohn's disease; LA: Lupus anticoagulant; MS: Myelodysplastic sindrome: U: Unspecified.

¹The follow-up period has been reported for only 22 patients.