pancreatic cysts

Types

 true pancreatic cysts
 pancreatic pseudocysts

Examples

 True congenital cyst of the pancreas in a newborn

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Differential diagnosis

 pancreatic cystic tumors

Links

 iPad app co-developed by faculty in Johns Hopkins’ department of Pathology

See also

 fetal pancreatic cysts

• anomalies of pancreatic organogenesis (pancreatic dysplasia)
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)

 pancreatic anomalies

• pancreati cystic anomalies

 cysts

Open references

 Integration of KRAS testing in the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions: a clinical experience of 618 pancreatic cysts. Nikiforova MN, Khalid A, Fasanella KE, McGrath KM, Brand RE, Chennat JS, Slivka A, Zeh HJ, Zureikat AH, Krasinskas AM, Ohori NP, Schoedel KE, Navina S, Mantha GS, Pai RK, Singhi AD. Mod Pathol. 2013 Nov;26(11):1478-87. doi : 10.1038/modpathol.2013.91 PMID: 23743931 (Free)

References

 Next-generation sequencing adds value to the preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic cysts. 2016. doi : 10.1002/cncy.21775

 American Gastroenterological Association guidelines are inaccurate in detecting pancreatic cysts with advanced neoplasia: a clinicopathologic study of 225 patients with supporting molecular data. Singhi AD, Zeh HJ, Brand RE, Nikiforova MN, Chennat JS, Fasanella KE, Khalid A, Papachristou GI, Slivka A, Hogg M, Lee KK, Tsung A, Zureikat AH, McGrath K. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Jun;83(6):1107-1117.e2. doi : 10.1016/j.gie.2015.12.009 PMID: 26709110

 A combination of molecular markers and clinical features improve the classification of pancreatic cysts. Springer S, Wang Y, Dal Molin M, Masica DL et al. . Gastroenterology. 2015 Nov;149(6):1501-10. doi : 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.041 PMID: 26253305