ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis and management of pancreatic cysts

GH Elta, BK Enestvedt, BG Sauer… - Official journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Pancreatic cysts are very common with the majority incidentally identified. There are several
types of pancreatic cysts; some types can contain cancer or have malignant potential …

American gastroenterological association technical review on the diagnosis and management of asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts

JM Scheiman, JH Hwang, P Moayyedi - Gastroenterology, 2015 - gastrojournal.org
Pancreatic cysts are being identified with increasing frequency as a result of the escalating
use of crosssectional imaging, typically for unrelated reasons. 1, 2 The incidence of …

Management of incidental pancreatic cysts: a white paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee

AJ Megibow, ME Baker, DE Morgan, IR Kamel… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The ACR Incidental Findings Committee (IFC) presents recommendations for
managing pancreatic cysts that are incidentally detected on CT or MRI. These …

Pancreatic cyst disease: a review

A Stark, TR Donahue, HA Reber, OJ Hines - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cystic lesions of the pancreas are common and increasingly detected in the
primary care setting. Some patients have a low risk for developing a malignancy and others …

Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

WR Brugge, GY Lauwers, D Sahani… - … England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
Owing to improvements in imaging techniques, cystic lesions of the pancreas are being
identified more often, even in patients who are asymptomatic. These lesions range from …

Cystic pancreatic neoplasms: observe or operate

KS Spinelli, TE Fromwiller, RA Daniel, JM Kiely… - Annals of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objectives of this analysis were to define the incidence, natural history, and
predictors of neoplasia in pancreatic cysts to determine which patients can safely be …

Diagnosis of pancreatic cysts: EUS-guided, through-the-needle confocal laser-induced endomicroscopy and cystoscopy trial: DETECT study

Y Nakai, T Iwashita, DH Park, JB Samarasena… - Gastrointestinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCNs), which now depends on
morphology, cytology, and fluid analysis, is still challenging. A novel confocal laser …

Cystic precursors to invasive pancreatic cancer

H Matthaei, RD Schulick, RH Hruban… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Improvements in the sensitivity and quality of cross-sectional imaging have led to increasing
numbers of patients being diagnosed with cystic lesions of the pancreas. In parallel, clinical …

A selective approach to the resection of cystic lesions of the pancreas: results from 539 consecutive patients

PJ Allen, M D'Angelica, M Gonen, DP Jaques… - Annals of …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To define a group of patients with pancreatic cysts who do not require resection.
Summary Background Data: The increased use of cross-sectional imaging has resulted in …

Preoperative tissue diagnosis for tumours of the pancreas

W Hartwig, L Schneider, MK Diener… - Journal of British …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Preoperative biopsy of pancreatic lesions suspected of malignancy is
controversial. Methods A systematic Medline literature search was carried out. Diagnostic …