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Визначення(English summary)

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, which affects elderly males, involves other organs and has increased immunoglobin G4 (IgG4) levels and type 2, which affects both sexes equally but presents at a younger age and has no other organ involvement or increased IgG4 levels.