Association of IgG4 response and autoimmune pancreatitis with intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms.

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Association of IgG4 response and autoimmune pancreatitis with intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms.

Pancreatology. 2017 Mar - Apr;17(2):263-266

Authors: Hedayat AA, Lisovsky M, Suriawinata AA, Longnecker DS

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Concurrent intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) and autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was observed in a patient (index case) at our institution. Cases of coincidental IPMN and type 1 AIP and concurrent ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and AIP have been previously reported. In this study we evaluate the hypothesis that IPMN elicits an IgG4 response.
METHODS: Twenty-one pancreases (including the index case) with IPMN resected at our institution were studied. H&E stained slides were reviewed and blocks of peritumoral pancreas were immunostained with IgG4 to look for IgG4-positive plasma cells.
RESULTS: We found evidence of variable IgG4 overexpression in 4/21 (19%) of IPMN. These included the index case and three others without stigmata of AIP.
CONCLUSION: A small subset of pancreatic neoplasms including intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) is associated with an IgG4 autoimmune response that sometimes progresses to peritumoral type 1 AIP and less often to diffuse AIP and IgG4-related systemic disease.

PMID: 28215485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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