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ArticleCureus2023

Type 1 Autoimmune Pancreatitis Masquerading as Pancreatic Head Carcinoma.

Adesola A Agboola, Khalid H Mohamed, Maria Syed, Sheena Shiwlani, Rowaida Butt, Rezaur Rahman Reza, Muhammad Haseeb, Hira Nasir

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Adesola A AgboolaPathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dele Hospitals, Lagos, NGA.
Khalid H MohamedNeurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, GBR.
Maria SyedSurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Sheena ShiwlaniPathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA.
Rowaida ButtFamily Medicine, Avalon University School of Medicine, Ohio, USA.
Rezaur Rahman RezaInternal Medicine, Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad HaseebInternal Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Hira NasirInternal Medicine, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obstructive jaundice is a joint clinical presentation with many etiologies, including pancreatic cancer and autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). Differentiating between these two conditions is pivotal due to the divergent management approaches and prognoses. In this case report, we present a case of a 49-year-old female patient who presented with weight loss, intermittent chronic abdominal pain, and jaundice. She was initially suspected of having pancreatic cancer because of clinical presentation and imaging findings. However, she was ultimately diagnosed with Type 1 AIP due to histopathology findings and elevated immunoglobulin G4. This case highlights the complexities in diagnosis, the role of advanced imaging techniques and tissue sampling, and the lessons learned regarding managing this challenging clinical scenario.

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autoimmune pancreatitisendoscopic ultrasoundimmunosuppressive therapyobstructive jaundicepancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID38022068
PMCPMC10662655

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