Main description:

Autoimmune (IgG4-related) Pancreatitis and Cholangitis reviews the breadth of clinical, imaging, histological, laboratory, and imaging features associated with IgG4-associated systemic disease, especially AIP and IAC. Written by experts in their fields, each chapter includes an overview of existing data as well as the most up-to-date scientific information and emerging data. The book also addresses areas of uncertainty and controversy, briefly highlighting clinical and research needs relative to the respective topic.

Comprehensive and easy to use, Autoimmune (IgG4-related) Pancreatitis and Cholangitis is a valuable resource for physicians who deal with or are interested in these complex disease processes, including gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and surgeons.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - Background and Perspective - Daniel S. Longnecker

Chapter 2 - Immune Pathogenesis - Edward Alabraba, Shameena Bharucha, Penny Watson and Robert Sutton

Part I: Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Chapter 3 - Overview of Types 1 and 2 - Tooru Shimosegawa

Chapter 4 - Histologic Features - Gunter Kloeppel and Thomas C. Smyrk

Chapter 5 - CT and MRI Features - Naoki Takahashi and Dushyant V. Sahani

Chapter 6 - EUS Features - Michael J. Levy and William R. Brugge

Chapter 7 - ERCP Features - Terumi Kamisawa

Chapter 8 - Clinical Features - Timothy B. Gardner and Chris E. Forsmark

Chapter 9 - Approach to Diagnosis - Raghuwansh P. Sah and Suresh T. Chari

Chapter 10 - Surgical Implications - Clancy J. Clark, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo and Michael B. Farnell

Chapter 11 - Approach to Therapy - Phil Hart and Suresh T. Chari

Part II: IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis

Chapter 12 - Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Gideon M. Hirschfield

Chapter 13 - Histologic Features - Lizhi Zhang and Vikram Deshpande

Chapter 14 - CT and MRI Features - Ali D. Karaosmanoglu, Naoki Takahashi and Dushyant V. Sahani

Chapter 15 - ERCP and EUS/IDUS Features - George Webster and Atsushi Irisawa

Chapter 16 - Clinical Spectrum and Management - Einar S. Bjoernsson and Keith D. Lindor

Part III: Other Organ Involvement

Chapter 17 - Overview - Raghuwansh P. Sah and Suresh T. Chari

Chapter 18 - Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and other Renal Involvement by IgG4-Related Disease - Lynn D. Cornell and Naoki Takahashi

Chapter 19 - IgG4-related Lung Disease - Jay H. Ryu, Hiroshi Sekiguchi and Eunhee S. Yi

Part IV: World-wide Experience with AIP and IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis

Chapter 20 - Italian Experience - Luca Frulloni and Giuseppe Zamboni

Chapter 21 - British Experience - Evangelos Kalaitzakis, Robert Sutton and George Webster

Chapter 22 - Japanese Experience - Kazuichi Okazaki and Kazushige Uchida

Chapter 23 - Korean Experience - Myung-Hwan Kim and Sung-Hoon Moon

Chapter 24 - Summary and Look to the Future - William R. Brugge and Markus M. Lerch