A Case of Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Mini-Review of Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Breast Cancer

Breast cancer (BC), the most common type of cancer in women of the Western world, is often associated with paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS). Autoimmune pancreatitis is a recently recognized entity belonging to the spectrum of IgG4-related systemic diseases, which are characterized by target-organ plas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anticancer research 2012-08, Vol.32 (8), p.3311-3314
Hauptverfasser:	LEKAKIS, Lazaros, TRYFONOPOULOS, Dimitrios, FAKINOS, Gabriel, PANOPOULOS, Christos, THEOCHARI, Maria, KOUMAKIS, George, DEMIRI, Stamatina, EFREMIDIS, Anna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Autoimmune Diseases - complications Biological and medical sciences Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - complications Chemotherapy Female Fibrosis Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas Medical sciences Other diseases. Semiology Pancreatitis Pancreatitis - complications paraneoplastic syndrome Paraneoplastic Syndromes - complications Reviews Steroid hormones Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:	Breast cancer (BC), the most common type of cancer in women of the Western world, is often associated with paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS). Autoimmune pancreatitis is a recently recognized entity belonging to the spectrum of IgG4-related systemic diseases, which are characterized by target-organ plasmacytic infiltration and fibrosis. In this report we review PNS associated with BC and we present the first case of BC-associated autoimmune pancreatitis as well as its successful management with steroids and immunosuppressive BC-tailored chemotherapy.
ISSN:	0250-7005 1791-7530