PANCREAS NEWS New Insights into the Pathology and Treatment

It is well-known that the frequency of new diagnoses of autoimmune pancreatitis has increased in the past few years [1, 2]. Autoimmune pancreatitis is characterized by diffuse or focal pancreatic swelling with a narrowing of the pancreatic duct and/or common bile duct. The histological hallmark of this type of pancreatitis is lymphoplasmacytic infiltration, especially concentrated on the pancreatic ducts [3, 4, 5]. However, we have no clear pathological classification of this disease and, because of the difficulty, case studies are still limited. One of the first attempts to classify the various pathological aspects of autoimmun