AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS

Course overview

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS IS A CLINICAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS FROM AN AUTOIMMUNE ETIOLOGY. IT IS AN UNCOMMON CAUSE OF PANCREATITIS BUT CAN PRESENT WITH SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY BECAUSE OF REPEATED EPISODES OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS. IT CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS, AND TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ARE IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE GOOD PATIENT OUTCOMES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.