CT and MRI Findings of Autoimmune Polymorph Bifocal Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

• Main Authors: Roman Rotzinger MD (Author), Hendrik Bläker MD (Author), Marcus Bahra MD (Author), Timm Denecke MD (Author), Christian Grieser MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare type of chronic pancreatitis. It is supposed to be a pancreatic manifestation of an immune-complex modulated systemic disorder. In contrast, pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequent malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. Within the rare type of focal autoimmune p...