ESGE recommends against routine preoperative biliary drainage in patients with malignant
extrahepatic biliary obstruction; preoperative biliary drainage should be reserved for patients …

Background Autoimmune pancreatitis is characterized by an inflammatory process that
leads to organ dysfunction. The cause of the disease is unknown. Its autoimmune origin has …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and pancreatic cancer (PaC) have
similar presentations; a diagnostic strategy is needed to distinguish the 2 diseases …

Differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions remains as an important clinical challenge,
mainly for the differentiation between mass forming chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune …

OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a particular type of chronic pancreatitis that
can be classified into diffuse and focal forms. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical …

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the deadliest cancers with a 5-year overall survival of less
than 6%. Due to its insidious clinical course and unspecific symptoms, the diagnosis is …

Purpose: To determine the characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of
mass‐forming autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), which allow its differentiation from pancreatic …

Background Single-operator peroral cholangioscopy (sPOCS) is considered a valuable
diagnostic modality for indeterminate biliary strictures. Nevertheless, studies show large …

AIM: To identify the radiological characteristics of focal autoimmune pancreatitis (f-AIP)
useful for differentiation from pancreatic cancer (PC). METHODS: Magnetic resonance …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to perform a retrospective MRI-based
comparative analysis of the morphologic patterns of bile duct disease in IgG4-related …