The therapeutic strategy for autoimmune pancreatitis is subject to the endoscopic features of the duodenal papilla

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) often presents with a swollen duodenal papilla, however, the clinical significance of the duodenal papilla in AIP has not been fully elucidated. Data have shown swollen duodenal papillae shaped like a pear and/or with a submucosal tumor having IgG4-bearing plasma cells....

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Main Authors: Kensuke Kubota, Atushi Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-11-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756283X10366083