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What is your differential diagnosis of this patient's cystic lesion? Most (70% to 80%) cystic lesions of the pancreas are nonneoplastic and have no malignant potential. These lesions are either ...

Cystic lesions and neoplasms of the pancreas are uncommon, but they are of special interest because they can usually be cured by resection. During the last decade, the spectrum of these tumors has ...

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Improvements in the sensitivity and quality of cross-sectional imaging have led to increasing numbers of patients being diagnosed with cystic lesions of the pancreas. In parallel, clinical, ...

BRANDENBERG, Maddock and Schweitzer 1 reported the treatment by transgastric cyst gastrostomy of 2 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts and pancreatitis in 1951. Maddock suggested this procedure, ...

A research team has developed an evaluation tool to help guide asymptomatic pancreatic cyst treatment. The tool takes into account overall health, age, cyst size, surgical risk and patients' views ...

Bacteria from the digestive system seem to have the potential to cause damage to pancreatic cells, increasing the risk of malignant tumors. Now for the first time, live bacteria from cystic pancreatic ...

Although the majority of patients with cystic fibrosis have a combination of pulmonary and gastrointestinal symptoms by the time they are one year of age, a significant number are culled from an older ...

Pancreatic cyst fluid is tested for a biomarker, a specific isoform of vascular endothelial growth factor A, or VEGF-A. Pancreatic cyst fluid is often obtained in patients with pancreatic cysts as a ...

A new report describes a new simple molecular test to detect chromosomal abnormalities -- biomarkers known as telomere fusions -- in pancreatic tumor specimens and pancreatic cyst fluids. This assay ...

The case presented here helps us review some of the general principles regarding the diagnosis and management of cystic lesions of the pancreas. It is important to distinguish a neoplastic cyst from a ...