Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Branch Duct – IPMN and PanIN, in IgG4‐Autoimmune pancreatitis: A case report

  • Gianni Lazzarin,
  • Lucia Romano,
  • Gino Coletti,
  • Alessandra Di Sibio,
  • Vincenzo Vicentini,
  • Mohamad W. Alid Fatayer,
  • Mario Schietroma,
  • Beatrice Pessia,
  • Matteo Leone,
  • Francesco Carlei,
  • Antonio Giuliani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2641
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 2111 – 2115

Abstract

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Abstract The presence of pancreatic lesions in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis requires histological diagnosis (percutaneous or endoscopic biopsy) to exclude malignancy. A nonspecific histology after endoscopic or percutaneous biopsy of a pancreatic lesion may require surgical excision and definite histology.

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