The Diagnostic Challenges of Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare but important differential diagnosis from pancreatic cancer. This autoimmune disease can mimic pancreatic cancer by its clinical symptoms, including weight loss and jaundice. Furthermore imaging findings may include a mass of the pancreas. Here we present the case o...

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Autores principales: Papp, Kata, Angst, Eliane, Seidel, Stefan, Flury-Frei, Renata, Hetzer, Franc Heinrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: February, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25802499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000377623
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Sumario:Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare but important differential diagnosis from pancreatic cancer. This autoimmune disease can mimic pancreatic cancer by its clinical symptoms, including weight loss and jaundice. Furthermore imaging findings may include a mass of the pancreas. Here we present the case of a 67-year-old male patient diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis but showing the well-known symptoms of pancreatic cancer. This emphasizes the difficulties of histological findings and the importance of the correct diagnostic process.

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