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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
European experts consensus statement on cystic tumours of the pancreas
Digestive and Liver Disease, Volume 45, No. 9, Year 2013
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Cystic lesions of the pancreas are increasingly recognized. While some lesions show benign behaviour (serous cystic neoplasm), others have an unequivocal malignant potential (mucinous cystic neoplasm, branch- and main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and solid pseudo-papillary neoplasm). European expert pancreatologists provide updated recommendations: diagnostic computerized tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging are indicated in all patients with cystic lesion of the pancreas. Endoscopic ultrasound with cyst fluid analysis may be used but there is no evidence to suggest this as a routine diagnostic method. The role of pancreatoscopy remains to be established. Resection should be considered in all symptomatic lesions, in mucinous cystic neoplasm, main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and solid pseudo-papillary neoplasm as well as in branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with mural nodules, dilated main pancreatic duct >6. mm and possibly if rapidly increasing in size. An oncological partial resection should be performed in main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and in lesions with a suspicion of malignancy, otherwise organ preserving procedures may be considered. Frozen section of the transection margin in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm is suggested. Follow up after resection is recommended for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, solid pseudo-papillary neoplasm and invasive cancer. © 2013 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l.
Authors & Co-Authors
del Chiaro, Marco
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Verbeke, Caroline Sophie
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Klöppel, Günter
Germany, Kiel
Christian-albrechts-universität zu Kiel
Friess, Helmut M.
Germany, Munich
Technische Universität München
Manfredi, Riccardo M.
Italy, Verona
Università Degli Studi Di Verona
van Cutsem, Éric J.D.G.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Löhr, Matthias J.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Adham, Mustapha
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
Arnelo, Urban
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Bruno, Marco J.
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Åndrén-Sandberg, Åke A.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Costamagna, Guido
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Esposito, Iréne
Germany, Munich
Technische Universität München
Falconi, Massimo
Italy, Ancona
Università Politecnica Delle Marche
Izbicki, Jakob Robert
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Lerch, Markus M.
Germany, Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
Lundell, Lars Ragnar
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Mayerle, Julia V.
Germany, Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
Oppong, W. Kofi
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Freeman Hospital
Ros̈ch, Thomas
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Schulick, Richard D.
United States, Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder
van der Merwe, Schalk Willem
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 377
Authors: 22
Affiliations: 21
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.010
ISSN:
15908658
Research Areas
Cancer