Meta-analysis of CT and MRI for differentiation of autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma

ConclusionMRI might be clinically more useful to evaluate patients with AIP, particularly for differentiating AIP from PDAC.Key Points• MRI had an overall good diagnostic performance to differentiate AIP from PDAC with a meta-analytic summary estimate of 83% for sensitivity and of 97% for specificity.• CT had a very high specificity (99%), but a suboptimal sensitivity (59%) for differentiating AIP from PDAC.• Compared with CT, MRI had a higher sensitivity, but a similar specificity.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research