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IgG4-associated cholangitis with cholangiocarcinoma

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Abbreviations

AIP:

Autoimmune pancreatitis

AIPC:

Autoimmune pancreatocholangitis

ANA:

Antinuclear antibodies

IAC:

IgG4-associated cholangitis

CC:

Cholangiocarcinoma

HPF:

High-power field

MRCP:

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

PSC:

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

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BKS was supported by a stipend of the Olympia-Morata program of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University.

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  1. Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Beate K. Straub, Christa Flechtenmacher & Peter Schirmacher

  2. Institute of Pathology, Technische Universität München, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

    Irene Esposito

  3. Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    Irene Esposito

  4. Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Daniel Gotthardt

  5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Boris Radeleff

  6. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dalibor Antolovic

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Straub, B.K., Esposito, I., Gotthardt, D. et al. IgG4-associated cholangitis with cholangiocarcinoma. Virchows Arch 458, 761–765 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-011-1073-2

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