Jinah Kim
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Autoimmune pancreatitis presenting as simultaneous masses in the pancreatic head and gallbladder.
JOP. 2005; (5): 455-9
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare variant of chronic pancreatitis characterized by pancreatic ductal narrowing and pancreatic parenchymal edema on computed tomography and rarely with intermittent attacks of abdominal pain. Recently, it has been found to be a systemic disease with lymphoplasmacytic infiltration that has been associated with several autoimmune diseases and described in multiple organs including the extrahepatic bile duct, liver and gallbladder.
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