Clinical Study
Clinical and Immunopathologic Profile of Mexican Patients with IgG4 Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Table 1
Patient’s demographic and clinical characteristics at the outbreak of the disease.
| Age (mean ± SD) years | (16–69) years. | Gender (male) | 8 (53%) | Family history of autoimmune diseases | 3 (20%) | Initial manifestations | | Weight loss | 13 (87%) | Abdominal pain | 9 (60%) | Bile duct stenosis/obstructive jaundice | 8 (53%) | Palpebral or periorbital swelling | 2 (13%) | Recurrent acute pancreatitis | 2 (13%) | Salivary gland swelling/Xerostomy | 1 (7%) | Pancreatic focal swelling | 1 (7%) | Other autoimmune diseases | 2 (13%)* | Increased serum IgG4 (>135 mg/dL) | 2/10 | Rheumatoid factor | 4/8 | Positive antinuclear antibodies | 6/9 | Diabetes mellitus | 3/15 | Increased IgG | 5/10 |
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*Sjögren’s syndrome and Graves’ disease.
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