Pancreatic cystic lesions: When to watch, when to operate, and when to ignore

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Turner, Brian G ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Endoscopic ultrasound; Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; Mucinous cystic lesion; Mucinous cystic neoplasm; Pancreas; Pancreatic cyst; Pseudocyst; Serous cystadenoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PACLITAXEL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BENIGN TUMOR; BRANCH DUCT INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST FLUID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAIN DUCT INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUCINOUS CYSTIC NEOPLASM; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC CYSTGASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATCHFUL WAITING; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; PANCREATIC CYST; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC CYST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955919644     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-010-0097-0     Document Type: Review

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