Differentiation of Autoimmune Pancreatitis From Pancreatic Cancer by Diffusion-Weighted MRI

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Authors

Terumi Kamisawa · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Kensuke Takuma · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Hajime Anjiki · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Naoto Egawa · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Tastuo Hata · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Masanao Kurata · Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital

Goro Honda

Abstract

DWI is useful for detecting AIP and for evaluating the effect of steroid therapy. ADC values were significantly lower in AIP than in pancreatic cancer. An ADC cutoff value may be useful for distinguishing AIP from pancreatic cancer.

Topics & Keywords

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 105, Issue 8, pp. 1870-1875

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.87

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