title: Autoimmune pancreatitis complicated by carcinoma of the pancreatobiliary system: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present the case of a 67-year-old woman who developed a metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatobiliary system shortly after the histologically confirmed diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). This case highlights the need for increased alertness not only in differentiating AIP from pancreatic cancer at the time of diagnosis, but also to exclude concomitant malignancies of the pancreatobiliary system in the management of histologically confirmed AIP.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Institut für Pathologie, Technische Universität München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loos
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Dennis M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hedderich
authors.forename: Leopold
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fingerle
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friess
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klöppel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Büchler
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed