摘要
Autoimmune chronic pancreatitis （AIP） is increasingly being recognized worldwidely, as knowledge of this entity builds up. Above all, AIP is a very attractive disease to clinicians in terms of its dramatic response to the oral steroid therapy in contrast to ordinary chronic pancreatitis. Although many characteristic findings of AIP have been described, definite diagnostic criteria have not been fully established. In the year 2002, the Japan Pancreas Society published the diagnostic criteria of AIP and many clinicians around the world use these criteria for the diagnosis of AIP. The diagnostic criteria proposed by the Japan Pancreas Society, however, are not completely satisfactory and some groups use their own criteria in reporting AIP. This review discusses several potential limitations of current diagnostic criteria for this increasingly recognized condition. The manuscript is organized to emphasize the need for convening a consensus to develop improved diagnostic criteria.
自体免疫的慢性胰炎(AIP ) 逐渐地正在是广泛地认出了世界，，这个实体的知识积聚。首先， AIP 以它对与平常的慢性胰炎相对照的口头的类固醇治疗的戏剧的反应是到临床医生的很吸引人的疾病。尽管 AIP 的许多典型调查结果被描述了，明确的诊断标准充分没被建立。在一年 2002，日本胰社会在全世界出版了 AIP 和许多临床医生的诊断标准为 AIP 的诊断使用这些标准。然而，日本胰社会建议的诊断标准不是完全令人满意的，一些组在报导 AIP 使用他们的自己的标准。这评论为这个逐渐地公认的条件讨论当前的诊断标准的几潜在的限制。手稿被组织强调对召开一致发展的需要改进了诊断标准。
