Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Abstract

Diagnostics of pancreatic diseases represents a difficult task for doctors in multiple fields. Autoimmune pancreatitis is one of the hardest to diagnose among other pancreatic diseases, as it is a rare disease and can mimic groove pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer. Similar manifestation, laboratory changes pattern, and data of imaging methods become peculiarities of differential diagnosis. The article presents a clinical case of difficulties in diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis at its early stages.