A case of eosinophilic pancreatitis in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
Journal: Oxford Medical Case Reports
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Abstract
Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is very rare and characterised by infiltration of eosinophils into the pancreatic parenchyma. A 40-year-old man was diagnosed with total-colitis-type ulcerative colitis at the age of 15 years. He was then diagnosed with steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis. He was given golimumab, which resulted in remission. Ten months after beginning golimumab, he was urgently hospitalised with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Hence, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy was performed to obtain a definitive diagnosis. Pathologically, abundant infiltration of eosinophils was observed in the edematous intralobular stroma of the pancreas. He was diagnosed with EP, and treated with corticosteroids.
Authors
Koji Toyoda, Yasumi Katayama, Ikuhiro Kobori, Akihiro Kitahama, Yumi Kusano, Yuko Ono, Shinichi Ban, Masaya Tamano
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