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 …

Invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an almost uniformly fatal disease. Several
distinct noninvasive precursor lesions can give rise to invasive adenocarcinoma of the …

Now that more than two decades have passed since the first reports of intraductal papillary-
mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), it has become clear that IPMN consists of a spectrum of …

Background: There are no established guidelines for pathologic diagnosis/reporting of
intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs). Design: An international …

Although cystic neoplasms and lesions of the pancreas are rare, they have attracted a great
deal of attention because of their potential curability. Since, in recent years, several new …

The literature on the clinicopathologic characteristics of tumoral intraepithelial neoplasms
(neoplastic polyps) of the gallbladder (GB) is fairly limited, due in part to the variability in …

Although general characteristics of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and
their delineation from other pancreatic tumors have been well established, several issues …

This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the American
Gastroenterological Association Clinical Practice and Practice Economics Committee. The …

Context.—Cystic lesions of the pancreas are being recognized with increasing frequency
and have become a more common finding in clinical practice because of the widespread …

Pancreatic cancer, once invasive, is almost uniformly fatal. In order to alleviate the dismal
prognosis associated with this disease, it is imperative that pancreatic cancer be recognized …