title: The diagnostic challenges of autoimmune pancreatitis.
abstract: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare but important differential diagnosis from pancreatic cancer. This autoimmune disease can mimic pancreatic cancer by its clinical symptoms, including weight loss and jaundice. Furthermore imaging findings may include a mass of the pancreas. Here we present the case of a 67-year-old male patient diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis but showing the well-known symptoms of pancreatic cancer. This emphasizes the difficulties of histological findings and the importance of the correct diagnostic process.
authors: Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
authors: Kata
authors: K
authors: Papp
authors: Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ; Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors: Eliane
authors: E
authors: Angst
authors: Clinic of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Seidel
authors: Department of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
authors: Renata
authors: R
authors: Flury-Frei
authors: Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
authors: Franc Heinrich
authors: FH
authors: Hetzer
keywords: Autoimmune pancreatitis; Immunoglobulin G4; Pancreatic cancer