Localized autoimmune pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic cancer: Case report and literature review

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AP) is a rare autoimmune pancreatic manifestation of systemic immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related sclerosing disease. Distinguishing between AP and pancreatic cancer is crucial because the clinical courses, treatments, and prognoses of these two disease entities are quite diffe...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ling Hsu, Shu-Min Chang, Pei-Yin Wu, Chin-Chuan Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of International Medical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060517742303