The Characteristics of Ulcerative Colitis Associated With Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Goals: To determine the prevalence of ulcerative colitis (UC) in autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) patients in a tertiary referral hospital and to compare the clinical and pathologic characteristics and outcomes of UC associated with AIP (AIP-UC) and UC patients. Background: Recently, it was suggested that UC is associated with AIP. However, the prevalence of UC in AIP, together with the clinical characteristics and outcomes of AIP-UC are not clear....