Review Article
Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
Table 2
Distinguishing features of pancreatic cystic lesions*.
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Abbreviations: IPMN: intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; MCN: mucinous cystic neoplasm; SC: serous cystadenoma; PSEUDO: pancreatic pseudocyst; SPN: solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm; LEC: lymphoepithelial cyst; cNET: cystic neuroendocrine tumor; cPDAC: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with cystic degeneration; VHL: von Hippel-Lindau disease; muc.: mucinous; Nonmuc: nonmucinous; Asx: asymptomatic; Fxnl: functional. ***Percentages references [8, 9, 22, 40]. **May be positive in cases of luminal contamination of endoscopic needle aspirate. NB: These data are derived generalizations of the literature, with the understanding that there is significant overlap among cyst types and there are inherent sampling errors associated with various tests; diagnostic and treatment decisions should not rely solely on the information presented in this paper. *Table modified from [7] by Cunningham et al. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are differentiated from other pancreatic cystic lesions. World J Gastrointest Surg 2010; 2(10): 331–336. An electronic worksheet version of this table is available at http://pathology.jhu.edu/pancreas/professionals/ipmn.php. |