Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune pancreatitis

Purpose of review To summarize the existing knowledge of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and to review the progress made in the diagnosis and treatment of AIP in the past year. Recent findings The term ‘AIP’ appears to encompass at least two distinct subtypes, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 AIP is the pancreatic manifestation of a systemic fibroinflammatory disease called immunoglobulin G4-associated systemic disease. Type 2 AIP affects younger...