Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis by core needle biopsy: Application of six microscopic criteria

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-539

  Detlefsen, Sönke ^a,b   Mohr Drewes, Asbjørn ^b   Vyberg, Mogens ^b   Klöppel, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Diagnosis; Granulocytic epithelial lesion; IgG4; Pancreatic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INSULIN; OPIATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PAROTITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VASCULITIS; VENULES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349267310     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0747-5     Document Type: Article

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