Open AccessAutoimmune pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic cancer
Author(s) -
Mohamed Hammami,
Faouzi Noomen,
Omar Toumi,
O. Harzallah,
Ammar Mahmoudi,
Wassim Kallel,
Khadija Zouari,
A. Hamdi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2011.3520
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune pancreatitis , pancreatitis , etiology , pancreatic cancer , pancreaticoduodenectomy , pathological , jaundice , pathology , gastroenterology , cancer , pancreas
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a particular type of pancreatitis of presumed autoimmune etiology, it is an entity distinct from all others forms of chronic pancreatitis, characterized by clinical, histopathological, radiographic, serologic and therapeutic features. This benign disease resembles pancreatic carcinoma both clinically and radiographically.