Extrapancreatic Lesions in Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Goals: To examine extrapancreatic lesions associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. Background: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique clinical entity proposed recently, and is reported to occasionally be associated with other autoimmune diseases. Study: Extrapancreatic lesions were examined clinically, radiologically, and histologically in 25 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis. Results: Stenosis of the bile duct was observed in 22 patients...