RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Autoimmune pancreatitis with associated ulcerative colitis in a teenager
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e227888
DO 10.1136/bcr-2018-227888
VO 11
IS 1
A1 Carolina Isabel Gouveia
A1 Laura Oliveira
A1 António P Campos
A1 José Cabral
YR 2018
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e227888.abstract
AB Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare entity that is extremely uncommon in children. Its diagnosis is also a clinical challenge. This form of chronic pancreatitis often presents itself with obstructive jaundice and/or a pancreatic mass and it is sometimes misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer. We describe the case of a 13-year-old boy with obstructive jaundice and a 4 cm mass in the head of the pancreas that was diagnosed as AIP with associated ulcerative colitis.