Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2021; 27(27): 4429-4440
Published online Jul 21, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i27.4429
Multifocal autoimmune pancreatitis: A retrospective study in a single tertiary center of 26 patients with a 20-year literature review
Xin-Ming Huang, Zhen-Shan Shi, Cheng-Le Ma
Xin-Ming Huang, Zhen-Shan Shi, Cheng-Le Ma, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China
Xin-Ming Huang, Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China
Author contributions: Huang XM did the imaging analysis and supervised all the procedures of this study; Shi ZS designed this study, wrote the main manuscript, revised the manuscript, and did statistical analysis; Shi ZS and Ma CL performed dynamic contrast enhanced-computed tomography scanning; Huang XM and Ma CL contributed equally.
Supported by the Science and Technology Committee of Fujian Province, No. 2016Y0039; and the Subsidizing Provincial Universities Project of Educational Commission of Fujian Province, No. JK2017019.
Institutional review board statement: This retrospective study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (Fuzhou, China), and written informed consent from patients was waived.
Informed consent statement: The study has obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest related to this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Zhen-Shan Shi, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No. 20 Cha-Zhong Road, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China. shizhenshan0206@163.com
Received: January 28, 2021
Peer-review started: January 28, 2021
First decision: February 24, 2021
Revised: February 28, 2021
Accepted: April 25, 2021
Article in press: April 25, 2021
Published online: July 21, 2021
Core Tip

Core Tip: Multifocal autoimmune pancreatitis is not as rare as previously thought and was seen in 22.0% of our patients. The diagnostic performance of diffusionweighted imaging for detecting multifocal autoimmune pancreatitis was best followed by axial fat-suppressed T1 weighted image and dynamic contrast enhanced-computed tomography.