title: Autoimmune pancreatitis: An incidental detection on FDG PET/CT with response to steroid therapy.
abstract: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is most often incidentally detected, with the diagnosis being based on radiological characteristics. A steroid regimen for 6 weeks is the standard line of treatment for AIP. In our case, AIP was incidentally suspected on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) performed for staging a malignancy, and a follow-up PET/CT study after steroid treatment, showed complete metabolic and morphological response; thus confirming the imaging diagnosis of AIP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Ameya D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Puranik
authors.forename: Nilendu C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Purandare
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Archi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
keywords: Autoimmune; CT; FDG PET; pancreatitis; steroid
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