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To date, most cases of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) have been reported from Japan. The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical features and management of AIP cases in Hungary. The demographics, clinical presentation, laboratory and imaging findings, extrapancreatic involvement, treatment response and recurrence were evaluated in the first 17 patients diagnosed with AIP in Hungary. The mean age at presentation was 42.7 years (range: 16–74); 47% of the patients were women. New-onset mild abdominal pain (76%), weight loss (41%) and jaundice (41%) were the most common symptoms, with inflammatory bowel disease being the most frequent (36%) extrapancreatic manifestation. Diffuse pancreatic swelling was seen in 7 patients (41%) and a focal pancreatic mass in 8 (47%). Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed pancreatic duct strictures …