Pitfalls in avoiding operation for autoimmune pancreatitis
Learn P, Grossman E, K.G. R, Allen P, Brennan M, D’Angelica M, DeMatteo R, Fong Y, Klimstra D, Schattner M, Jarnagin W. Pitfalls in avoiding operation for autoimmune pancreatitis. Surgery 2011, 150: 968-974. PMID: 21893326, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutoimmune pancreatitisPretreatment fine-needle aspirationDiagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitisInaccurate preoperative diagnosisAdequate clinical dataPostoperative disease recurrenceRecurrence of diseaseFine-needle aspirationDisease recurrenceIgG4 levelsOperative procedurePancreatic resectionPreoperative diagnosisPretreatment imagingClinical courseInitial presentationInstitutional cohortNeedle aspirationInitial treatmentPancreatic enlargementClinical dataCytologic evaluationOperative interventionPancreatitisClinical characterization
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