Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration and Biopsy for Histological Diagnosis of Type 2 Autoimmune Pancreatitis

In Japan, type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is the most common type of AIP; type 2 AIP is rare. The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and biopsy (EUS-FNAB) for the diagnosis of type 2 AIP. We analyzed the tissue specimens of 10...

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Main Authors: Hidehiro Hayashi, Shin Miura, Fumiyoshi Fujishima, Shimpei Kuniyoshi, Kiyoshi Kume, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Shin Hamada, Tetsuya Takikawa, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Mio Ikeda, Takanori Sano, Fumiya Kataoka, Akira Sasaki, Misako Sakano, Atsushi Masamune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/10/2464