Kusano Yoshiro
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital, Japan.
J Rural Med. 2019 May;14(1):110-115. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2974. Epub 2019 May 30.
A 79-year-old man with elevated blood glucose was started on insulin therapy. IgG4 was as high as 1,830 mg/dL, and F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) confirmed diffuse pancreatic enlargement and accumulation of FDG. Based on the above, autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was diagnosed, but steroid treatment was not performed. IgG4 later declined, and FDG accumulation in the pancreas disappeared on FDG-PET/CT at the age of 83 years. AIP was thought to have gradually remitted spontaneously over time. FDG-PET/CT is useful for evaluating AIP activity.
一名血糖升高的79岁男性开始接受胰岛素治疗。IgG4高达1830mg/dL,氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(FDG-PET/CT)证实胰腺弥漫性肿大及FDG摄取。基于上述情况,诊断为自身免疫性胰腺炎(AIP),但未进行类固醇治疗。后来IgG4下降,83岁时胰腺的FDG摄取在FDG-PET/CT上消失。AIP被认为随时间推移逐渐自发缓解。FDG-PET/CT对评估AIP的活动情况很有用。