autoimmune pancreatitis
Findings
No curated finding names autoimmune pancreatitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare pancreatic disease characterized by chronic non-alcoholic pancreatitis that presents with abdominal pain, steatorrhea, obstructive jaundice and responds well to steroid therapy and is seen in two subforms: type 1 AIP which affects elderly males, involves other organs and has increased immunoglobin G4 (IgG4) levels and type 2 AIP which affects both sexes equally but presents at a younger age and has no other organ involvement or increased IgG4 levels.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015175), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: autoimmune pancreatitis
- Also called
- AIP