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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cysts: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.

Ritu R Singh, Harishankar Gopakumar, Neil R Sharma

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Rare tumours of the pancreas: monocentric study.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ritu R SinghParkview Cancer Institute (PCI), Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN 46845, USA.
Harishankar GopakumarDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL 61656, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4921-8794
Neil R SharmaParkview Cancer Institute (PCI), Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN 46845, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of pancreatic cysts has been rising due to the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging (CT scan and MRI) of the abdomen. While most pancreatic cysts are benign and do not require treatment or surveillance, a significant minority are premalignant and rarely malignant. The risk stratification of these lesions is not straightforward, and individual risk assessment, cyst size, distribution, and alarming morphologic features (when present) can guide the next steps in management. Neoplastic pancreatic cysts are mucinous or non-mucinous. Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration is often required to classify pancreatic cysts into mucinous and non-mucinous cysts and to assess the malignant potential. Advances in endoscopic techniques (confocal laser endomicroscopy, microforceps biopsy) can provide a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic cysts in some cases; however, the use of these techniques involves a higher risk of adverse events.

Indexed as

endoscopic ultrasoundfine needle aspirationintraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmmucinous cystpancreatic cystic lesionssurveillance

Identifiers

PMID36766654
PMCPMC9914101

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