Open AccessUtility of pancreatography for diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Kensuke Takuma,
Terumi Kamisawa,
Taku Tabata,
Yoshihiko Inaba,
Naoto Egawa,
Yoshinori Igarashi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i18.2332
Subject(s) - autoimmune pancreatitis , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , medicine , pancreatic duct , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , pancreatitis , gastroenterology , stenosis , magnetic resonance imaging , pancreatic cancer , radiology , cancer
To identify pancreatographic findings that facilitate differentiating between autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and pancreatic cancer (PC) on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP).