Case Report: Painless obstructive jaundice caused by IgG4 autoimmune pancreatitis; the role of endoscopic ultrasound in diagnosis

Sofia Voidila; Panagiotis Sideris; Constantinos Letsas; Elias Anastasopoulos; Ioanna Oikonomou

doi:https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27017.1

doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27017.1

Case Report: Painless obstructive jaundice caused by IgG4 autoimmune pancreatitis; the role of endoscopic ultrasound in diagnosis

Sofia Voidila,

Panagiotis Sideris,

..., Ioanna Oikonomou

F1000Research

Volume: 9, Pages: 1344 - 1344

Published: Nov 18, 2020

Abstract

We report the case of a 60-year-old woman, presenting with painless obstructive jaundice of unknown etiology, who was finally found to suffer from type I autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). This case emphasizes AIP as a rare cause in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice and the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in final diagnosis, which is difficult to establish. According to diagnostic criteria, we combined the results from...

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Case Report: Painless obstructive jaundice caused by IgG4 autoimmune pancreatitis; the role of endoscopic ultrasound in diagnosis

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doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27017.1

Published Date

Nov 18, 2020

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F1000Research

Volume

9

Pages

1344 - 1344

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