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2022 May 26


World J Clin Cases


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Nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours misdiagnosed as autoimmune pancreatitis: A case report and review of literature.

Authors

Lin Z-Q, Li X, Yang Y, Wang Y, Zhang X-Y, Zhang X-X, Guo J
World J Clin Cases. 2022 May 26; 10(15):4886-4894.
PMID: 35801029.

Abstract

Nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours are difficult to diagnose in the early stage of disease due to a lack of clinical symptoms, but they can rarely manifest as autoimmune pancreatitis. Autoimmune pancreatitis is an uncommon disease that may cause recurrent acute pancreatitis and is therefore often regarded as a special type of chronic pancreatitis.