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Imaging of Focal Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Differentiating It from Pancreatic Cancer

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an inflammatory disorder of pancreas. Two types have been identified: the diffuse and the focal or mass forming. Clinical presentation of AIP overlaps that of pancreatic cancer (PC). Sometimes serum IgG4 and CA 19-9 levels are unable to differentiate AIP from PC. Var...

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Autores principales: Vijayakumar, Abhishek, Vijayakumar, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967284
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2013/569489