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The term "autoimmune pancreatitis" (or "autoimmune-related pancreatitis") was introduced by Yoshida et al. in 1995 to describe the form of chronic pancreatitis that is associated with autoimmune manifestations revealed on laboratory, histologic, and clinical testing.¹ In the past 10 years, interest in autoimmune pancreatitis has grown because of an increasing ability to diagnose it with the use of new markers of disease and pancreatic biopsy. Treatment of autoimmune pancreatitis with corticosteroids leads to the rapid and sustained resolution of pancreatic mass lesions, biliary obstruction, and pancreatic-duct strictures, which has stimulated widespread interest in this condition from gastroenterologists, endoscopists, pathologists, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Departments of Medicine (Gastrointestinal Unit) (D.L.F., W.R.B.), Radiology (D.S.), and Pathology (V.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Ralli S., Lin J., Farrell J., Leclercq P., Meurisse N., Honore P., Raina A., Yadav D., Krasinskas A. M., Brugge W. R.
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