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Case Report: Autoimmune Pancreatitis: About a Case in Hepato-Gastroenterology Department of Mother-Child Hospital in Bamako/Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Point G University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Point G University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Bamako, Mali
Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 1 Gastroenterology Department, Point G University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 2 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 3 Gastroenterology Department, Point G University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 4 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 5 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 6 Gastroenterology Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 7 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 8 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 9 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 10 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 11 Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 12 Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 13 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 14 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 15 Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 16 Surgery Department, BSS University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 17 Gastroenterology Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Bamako, Mali
- 18 Gastroenterology Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali
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Abstract
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a distinct form of chronic pancreatitis. It is a chronic pancreatitis distinct from alcohol, genetic or idiopathic impairment and involves possible autoimmune mechanisms. The diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis is based on a body of biological, histological and radiological arguments. Also called sclerosing lymphoplasmacytic pancreatitis, it is one of the causes of chronic pancreatitis. The risk factor for the onset of cancer that it represents and its sensitivity to corticosteroids make it a pathology requiring special management. We report a case of autoimmune pancreatitis in a 35-year-old patient.
KeywordsAutoimmune PancreatitisYoung WomanDiagnosisMali
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