RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Spy took a bite to get the diagnosis right: the benefit of SpyGlass technology in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis evading traditional diagnostic methods
JF BMJ Open Gastroenterology
JO BMJ Open Gastro
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000694
DO 10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000694
VO 8
IS 1
A1 Parker, Adam Matthew
A1 Schaefer, David
A1 Royer, Amor
A1 Sonani, Hardik
A1 Grunes, Dianne
A1 Glover, Sarah Camille
YR 2021
UL http://bmjopengastro.bmj.com//content/8/1/e000694.abstract
AB Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis that is often overlooked and is usually characterised clinically by frequent presentations with obstructive jaundice. Serum IgG4 testing as a means to ‘rule out’ IgG4-related disease may not be as helpful as initially thought and may lead to a missed diagnosis if suspicion is low. We present a patient with a years long history of recurrent pancreatitis ultimately found to have AIP after undergoing evaluation with a relatively new technology, SpyGlass, which allows for direct cholangioscopy and enabled us to make the correct diagnosis.Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study.