A case of intraductal papillary-mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas, invasive with a markedly elevated serum IgG4 concentration and swollen papilla of Vater due to abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration, suggesting an association with autoimmune pancreatitis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A case of intraductal papillary-mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas, invasive with a markedly elevated serum IgG4 concentration and swollen papilla of Vater due to abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration, suggesting an association with autoimmune pancreatitis

Published:2024-04-30 Issue:2 Volume:39 Page:172-182
ISSN:0913-0071
Container-title:Suizo
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of the Japan Pancreas Society

Author:

WAKABAYASHI Tokio¹,TAKEDA Hirohito¹,HOUDOU Yuji¹,SHIROTA Yukihiro¹,YOSHIE Yuichi²,UEDA Yoshimichi³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital

2. Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital

3. Division of Pathology, Keiju Medical Center

Publisher

Japan Pancreas Society

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/suizo/39/2/39_172/_pdf

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