A case of eosinophilic pancreatitis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is very rare and characterised by infiltration of eosinophils into the pancreatic parenchyma. A 40-year-old man was diagnosed with total-colitis-type ulcerative colitis at the age of 15 years. He was then diagnosed with steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis. He was give...

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Published inOxford Medical Case Reports Vol. 2023; no. 2; p. omac157
Main Authors Toyoda, Koji, Katayama, Yasumi, Kobori, Ikuhiro, Kitahama, Akihiro, Kusano, Yumi, Ono, Yuko, Ban, Shinichi, Tamano, Masaya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.02.2023
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Summary:Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is very rare and characterised by infiltration of eosinophils into the pancreatic parenchyma. A 40-year-old man was diagnosed with total-colitis-type ulcerative colitis at the age of 15 years. He was then diagnosed with steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis. He was given golimumab, which resulted in remission. Ten months after beginning golimumab, he was urgently hospitalised with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Hence, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy was performed to obtain a definitive diagnosis. Pathologically, abundant infiltration of eosinophils was observed in the edematous intralobular stroma of the pancreas. He was diagnosed with EP, and treated with corticosteroids.
ISSN:2053-8855
2053-8855
DOI:10.1093/omcr/omac157