Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

Table 1

Characteristics of studies on pancreatic cyst prevalence.

Study	Number of patients	Prevalence (%)	Technique	Patients with known pancreatic disease excluded
de Jong et al. [1], 2010	2803	2.4	MRI	Yes
Laffan et al. [2], 2008	2832	2.6	CT	Yes
Lee et al. [3], 2010	616	13.5	MRI	Yes
Spinelli et al. [4], 2004	24039	1.2	MRI and CT	No
Zhang et al. [5], 2002	1444	19.6	MRI	No
Kimura et al. [6], 1995	300	24.3	autopsy	No