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 …

Although the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of cystic pancreatic lesions are well
known, preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Differentiation between a pancreatic pseudocyst …

Within a 12-year period we treated 67 patients (49 women, 18 men; mean age, 61 years)
with cystic neoplasms of the pancreas, including 18 serous cystic adenomas, 15 benign …

Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) of the pancreas are uncommon tumors. The
classification and biologic potential of these neoplasms remain the subject of controversy …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine whether CT can be used to
distinguish serous cystadenomas from mucinous cystadenomas or cystadenocarcinomas of …

Background: Preoperative differentiation of benign and malignant/potentially malignant
pancreatic cystic lesions is problematic. Data to support the role of EUS and EUS-guided …

Background/Aims: It has been suggested that activity of pancreatic enzymes and
concentrations of tumoral markers in cyst fluid may help to distinguish pseudocyst, serous …

Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas is a rare lesion thought to be almost invariably benign.
Since 1978, 211 cases have been reported in the literature. Some have been recognized by …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to determine the role and relative accuracy of
CT and MRI in the characterization of cystic pancreatic masses. MATERIALS AND …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of endoscopic ultrasound
(EUS) alone to predict and differentiate malignant from benign cystic lesions of the …