title: Autoimmune pancreatitis: pancreatic and extrapancreatic imaging findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss the systemic nature of autoimmune pancreatitis and its various pancreatic and extrapancreatic imaging findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Autoimmune pancreatitis is a systemic disease with a wide range of pancreatic and extrapancreatic imaging findings. These findings can mimic those of other diseases in the pancreas or other organs and therefore are commonly misdiagnosed and mistreated. It is important for radiologists to understand both the pancreatic and extrapancreatic imaging findings of autoimmune pancreatitis to make accurate and timely diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Kale D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bodily
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Joel G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Jeff L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fidler
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hough
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Suresh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Chari
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals