Autoimmune pancreatitis is a differential diagnosis to pancreatic cancer

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare benign inflammatory disease, treated with steroids. It consists of two clinical and histological distinct types, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is part of an IgG4-related multiorgan disease, while type 2 is pancreas-specific. We here present a case of each type illustrating the difficult diagnostic process and how it can be misinterpreted as pancreatic carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma. Though autoimmune pancreatitis is rare it should be considered as a differential diagnosis to pancreatic cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:176

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 176(2014), 44 vom: 27. Okt.

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rode, Anne A [VerfasserIn]
Bremholm, Lasse [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Immunoglobulin G
Steroids

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.02.2018

Date Revised 15.02.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM243142110