PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ryan Law
AU  - Mary Bronner
AU  - David Vogt
AU  - Tyler Stevens
TI  - Autoimmune pancreatitis: A mimic of pancreatic cancer
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.09039
DP  - 2009 Oct 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 607--615
VI  - 76
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/10/607.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/10/607.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2009 Oct 01; 76
AB  - Autoimmune pancreatitis is an idiopathic inflammatory disease that produces pancreatic masses and ductal strictures. This benign disease resembles pancreatic carcinoma both clinically and radiographically. The diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis is challenging to make. However, accurate and timely diagnosis may preempt the misdiagnosis of cancer and decrease the number of unnecessary pancreatic resections.