Retrospective Comparison Between International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria (ICDC) Without Using Histological Information and the Histological Diagnosis in Surgical Patients with Focal Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Context null International consensus diagnostic criteria (ICDC) for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) have been proposed to diagnose type 1 AIP, type 2 AIP and AIP not-otherwise specified (AIP-NOS). null Objective null The aim of this international multicenter study was to evaluate the possibility of correctly diagnosing AIP itself and its subtype by ICDC in focal AIP patients. null Methods null Thirty patients (type 1 AIP in 23 and type 2 AIP in 7)...