Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Researchers from Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology describe findings in autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 1st, 2010
A new study, 'Is (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography meaningful for estimating the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis,' is now available. According to a study from Nagoya, Japan, "Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is often misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer (PC). Both conditions accumulate (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), so FDG positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is not discriminatory."
"This study aimed to evaluate the pattern of FDG accumulation, and the change in FDG uptake after steroid treatment in AIP and PC. We compared FDG-PET patterns between 18 patients with AIP and 20 patients with PC, and also...
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