Close relationship between autoimmune pancreatitis and multifocal fibrosclerosis

Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique clinical entity proposed recently, and is sometimes associated with inflammation of other organs.To examine the pathophysiology of the pancreas and other organs in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis.We evaluated clinicopathological findings in six resected and one autopsied patient with autoimmune pancreatitis. The pancreas, peripancreatic tissue, bile duct, and gall bladder were examined histologically and...