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Cyst Fluid Carcinoembryonic Antigen Is an Accurate Diagnostic Marker of Pancreatic Mucinous Cysts

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Cyst fluid CEA concentration provides a highly accurate test for the diagnosis of a mucinous cyst, but does not distinguish benign from malignant cysts.
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Objectives:Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may offer a diagnostic tool through the combination of imaging and guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic cysts. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the most accurate test for differentiating mucinous from nonmucinous cysts.Methods:The resul

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Revisions of international consensus Fukuoka guidelines for the management of IPMN of the pancreas.

TL;DR: The working group has revised the guidelines regarding prediction of invasive carcinoma and high-grade dysplasia, surveillance, and postoperative follow-up of IPMN and includes updated information and recommendations based on the current understanding.
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European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

Marco Del Chiaro, +88 more
- 01 May 2018 - 
TL;DR: A conservative approach is recommended for asymptomatic MCN and IPMN, and Lifelong follow-up of IPMN is recommended in patients who are fit for surgery.

International Cancer of Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium. International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium summit on the management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer.

TL;DR: Screening is recommended for high-risk individuals, but more evidence is needed, particularly for how to manage patients with detected lesions, particularly at high-volume centres with multidisciplinary teams.
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Diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a report of the cooperative pancreatic cyst study.

TL;DR: Of tested markers, cyst fluid CEA is the most accurate test available for the diagnosis of mucinous cystic lesions of the pancreas.
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Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: Diagnostic accuracy and complication assessment

TL;DR: EUS-FNA accurately and safely evaluates solid peri-intestinal lesions and improves lymph node staging accuracy and specificity and accuracy in patients with previously failed biopsy procedures.
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Prevalence of Unsuspected Pancreatic Cysts on MDCT

TL;DR: In this outpatient population of adult outpatients imaged for disease unrelated to the pancreas, the prevalence of unsuspected pancreatic cysts identified on 16-MDCT was 2.6%.
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Cyst fluid analysis in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions: a pooled analysis

TL;DR: Most pancreatic cystic tumors should be resected without the need for cyst fluid analysis, however, in asymptomatic patients, in patients with an increased surgical risk, and in patients in whom there is a diagnostic uncertainty about the presence of a PC, cySt fluid analysis helps to determine the optimal therapeutic strategy.
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