Overview
- Editors:
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Terumi Kamisawa
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Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Jae Bock Chung
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Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
- Clarifies current concepts regarding autoimmune pancreatitis and its subtypes
- Describes clinical, serological, and histopathological findings
- Illustrates imaging features in the pancreas and other organs
- Aids in diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and differentiation from pancreatobiliary malignancies
- Provides up-to-date therapeutic strategies
About this book
This book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of autoimmune pancreatitis, a unique form of pancreatitis characterized clinically by frequent presentation with obstructive jaundice and dramatic response to steroids, histologically by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with fibrosis, and radiologically by pancreatic enlargement. Current concepts regarding the disease and its classification into subtypes 1 and 2 are explained, and clinical, serological, and histopathological findings are carefully described. Imaging features on all the relevant modalities are illustrated, covering both the pancreas and other involved organs. Current and emerging therapeutic strategies, including steroids, immunomodulatory drugs, and rituximab, are then discussed. The reader will find the book to be an excellent aid to the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and its differentiation from pancreatobiliary malignancies, as well as a clear guide to treatment.
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Introduction, Epidemiology and Pathology
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- Terumi Kamisawa, Tadashi Takeuchi, Keiko Shiratori
Pages 3-8
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- Atsushi Kanno, Atsushi Masamune, Tooru Shimosegawa
Pages 9-14
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- Kazuichi Okazaki, Kazushige Uchida
Pages 15-21
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- Tetsuhide Ito, Lingaku Lee, Masayuki Hijioka, Hisato Igarashi
Pages 31-35
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- Tae Jun Song, Myung-Hwan Kim
Pages 37-42
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Diagnosis
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- Atsushi Kanno, Atsushi Masamune, Tooru Shimosegawa
Pages 45-52
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- Young Sik Woo, Kyu Taek Lee
Pages 53-59
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- Shigeyuki Kawa, Takayuki Watanabe, Takashi Muraki
Pages 61-67
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- Kazuo Inui, Junji Yoshino, Hironao Miyoshi, Satoshi Yamamoto
Pages 69-72
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- Min Jung Park, Young Eun Chung, Mi-Suk Park
Pages 73-80
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- Tae Jun Song, Myung-Hwan Kim
Pages 81-87
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- Nobumasa Mizuno, Kenji Yamao
Pages 89-94
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Other Organ Involvements
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- Takahiro Nakazawa, Itaru Naitoh, Hirotaka Ohara
Pages 101-110
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- Kensuke Kubota, Kunihiro Hosono, Atsushi Nakajima
Pages 111-116
Reviews
“This is an excellent, very detailed, and comprehensive analysis of autoimmune pancreatitis. … The book is written for clinicians who work with patients with autoimmune pancreatitis. It will be an excellent reference for many years to come. … This is a great reference for gastroenterologists and specialists on the pancreas. This is probably one of the best books for clinicians with an extended interest in the pancreas related to autoimmune pancreatitis.” (Sunny Lo, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Terumi Kamisawa
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Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Jae Bock Chung
About the editors
Terumi Kamisawa, MD, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan Jae Bock Chung MD Ph.D., Yonsei University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, 120-752 Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)