Immune Complexes in Acute Pancreatitis

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Abstract
Immune complexes were detected in the sera of 10 of 22 patients with acute pancreatitis using a C1q [complement component 1q] deviation assay. Five of these were positive using a 2nd technique. There was no correlation between immune complexes and clinical or etiological features of the pancreatitis. Two patients with immune complexes developed a benign and transient pancreatic polyarthritis. Immune complexes may provide 1 common path in the sequence of pathogenic events that lead to pancreatitis.