PulseExploreJournal ClubDebatesTrendingResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeExploreJournal ClubTrending
Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
March 3, 2026The Kurume Medical Journal0 citationsOpen Access

Lobularity in Autoimmune Pancreatitis Was A Steroid-Therapy Responding Endoscopic Ultrasound Finding

YSYutaka ShimamatsuKurume UniversityYOYoshinobu OkabeKurume UniversitySHShingo HiraiKurume University

Key Points

  • Lobularity is the most responsive finding to steroid therapy in autoimmune pancreatitis.
  • Response to steroid therapy was observed in the context of focal lobularity with storiform fibrosis.
  • Assessment utilized endoscopic ultrasound to evaluate lobular structures and plasma cell infiltration.
  • These findings may help clarify the underlying mechanisms of autoimmune pancreatitis that respond to steroids.

Abstract

Lobularity in AIP was the most responsive EUS finding to the steroid therapy. Focal lobularity was corresponded to storiform fibrosis between lobular structures infiltrated by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Thus, our findings might help elucidate the pathogenesis of AIP that is responsive to steroid therapy.

Ask AI
Helpful
Bookmark
Share
View Full Paper

Cite This Study

Shimamatsu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75cafc6e9836116a25c2fhttps://doi.org/10.2739/kurumemedj.ms721234002
Ask AI
Helpful
Bookmark
Share
View Full Paper