title: [Autoimmune pancreatitis is a differential diagnosis to pancreatic cancer].
abstract: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare benign inflammatory disease, treated with steroids. It consists of two clinical and histological distinct types, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is part of an IgG4-related multiorgan disease, while type 2 is pancreas-specific. We here present a case of each type illustrating the difficult diagnostic process and how it can be misinterpreted as pancreatic carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma. Though autoimmune pancreatitis is rare it should be considered as a differential diagnosis to pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Afdeling, Køge Sygehus, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge. aala@regionsjaelland.dk.
authors.forename: Anne A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: Lasse
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bremholm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D013256:Steroids