Background: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare disease, have a dramatic response to steroid therapy, but the relapse rates(RRs) is very high, and the side effects of steroid therapy are inevitable. The aim of this study is to focus on the management of relapse and side effects.
Methods: A single-centre, retrospective, cohort study of the type Ⅰ AIP patients admitted to Xiangya Hospital Central South University from September 2008 to September 2019 conducted. Collection and retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathologic data and outcomes of these patients.
Results: 82 patients were included, 73.2% were histologically confirmed. 78.0% treated by medications: 62.5% prednisolone, 37.5% prednisolone plus cyclophosphamide. The RRs of the two group have no significant difference (35.0% vs 29.2%, P = 0.630). Increasing the dosage of prednisolone, the effective rate of the prednisolone treatment and prednisolone plus cyclophosphamide treatment relapsed patients were 78.57% and 71.43%, respectively. The side effects were DM in 12.5%; central obesity in 15.6%; hyperlipidemia in 18.8%; gastric ulcer in 6.3%; osteoporosis in 9.4%; bone fracture in 1.6%. For those side effects patients performed low dose prednisolone and expectant treatment have a ideal results.
Conclusions: Increasing the dose of prednisolone can effectively treat relapsed patients. Low dose steroid and expectant treatment should be performed when side effects arised.

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Posted 12 May, 2021
Posted 12 May, 2021
Background: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare disease, have a dramatic response to steroid therapy, but the relapse rates(RRs) is very high, and the side effects of steroid therapy are inevitable. The aim of this study is to focus on the management of relapse and side effects.
Methods: A single-centre, retrospective, cohort study of the type Ⅰ AIP patients admitted to Xiangya Hospital Central South University from September 2008 to September 2019 conducted. Collection and retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathologic data and outcomes of these patients.
Results: 82 patients were included, 73.2% were histologically confirmed. 78.0% treated by medications: 62.5% prednisolone, 37.5% prednisolone plus cyclophosphamide. The RRs of the two group have no significant difference (35.0% vs 29.2%, P = 0.630). Increasing the dosage of prednisolone, the effective rate of the prednisolone treatment and prednisolone plus cyclophosphamide treatment relapsed patients were 78.57% and 71.43%, respectively. The side effects were DM in 12.5%; central obesity in 15.6%; hyperlipidemia in 18.8%; gastric ulcer in 6.3%; osteoporosis in 9.4%; bone fracture in 1.6%. For those side effects patients performed low dose prednisolone and expectant treatment have a ideal results.
Conclusions: Increasing the dose of prednisolone can effectively treat relapsed patients. Low dose steroid and expectant treatment should be performed when side effects arised.

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