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Clinicopathological differentiation between sclerosing cholangitis with autoimmune pancreatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Journal of Gastroenterology 2007 July
BACKGROUND: The present study was undertaken to identify the clinicopathological differences between sclerosing cholangitis with autoimmune pancreatitis (SC-AIP) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
METHODS: We retrospectively compared the clinical, cholangiographic, and liver biopsy findings between 24 cases of PSC and 24 cases of SC-AIP.
RESULTS: Patient age at the time of diagnosis was significantly lower in the PSC group than in the SC-AIP group. The peripheral blood eosinophil count was significantly higher in the PSC group than in the SC-AIP group, but the serum IgG4 level was significantly higher in the SC-AIP group. Cholangiography revealed band-like strictures, beaded appearance, and pruned-tree appearance significantly more frequently in PSC, whereas segmental strictures and strictures of the distal third of the common bile duct were significantly more common in SC-AIP. Liver biopsy revealed fibrous obliterative cholangitis only in the PSC specimens. No advanced fibrous change corresponding to Ludwig's stages 3 and 4 was observed in any of the SC-AIP specimens. IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration of the liver was significantly more severe in SC-AIP than in PSC. Subsequent cholangiography showed no improvement in any of the PSC cases, but all SC-AIP patients responded to steroid therapy, and improvement in the strictures was observed cholangio-graphically.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the differences between the patients' ages and blood chemistry, cholangiographic, and liver biopsy findings, SC-AIP should be differentiated from PSC.
METHODS: We retrospectively compared the clinical, cholangiographic, and liver biopsy findings between 24 cases of PSC and 24 cases of SC-AIP.
RESULTS: Patient age at the time of diagnosis was significantly lower in the PSC group than in the SC-AIP group. The peripheral blood eosinophil count was significantly higher in the PSC group than in the SC-AIP group, but the serum IgG4 level was significantly higher in the SC-AIP group. Cholangiography revealed band-like strictures, beaded appearance, and pruned-tree appearance significantly more frequently in PSC, whereas segmental strictures and strictures of the distal third of the common bile duct were significantly more common in SC-AIP. Liver biopsy revealed fibrous obliterative cholangitis only in the PSC specimens. No advanced fibrous change corresponding to Ludwig's stages 3 and 4 was observed in any of the SC-AIP specimens. IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration of the liver was significantly more severe in SC-AIP than in PSC. Subsequent cholangiography showed no improvement in any of the PSC cases, but all SC-AIP patients responded to steroid therapy, and improvement in the strictures was observed cholangio-graphically.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the differences between the patients' ages and blood chemistry, cholangiographic, and liver biopsy findings, SC-AIP should be differentiated from PSC.
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