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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Pancreas. 2022 Aug 1;51(7):814–820. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002102

TABLE 6.

Diagnostic Workup, Type of Surgery, and Pathology Results of IBD Patients With Pancreatic Cysts Who Underwent Surgical Intervention

Indication for CT CT Indication for MRI MRI Indication for EUS EUS Fine-Needle Aspiration Indication for Surgery Type of Surgery Age at Time of Surgery, y Pathology

Patient A Crohn disease 1.1-cm cystic lesion Cyst seen on CT 1-cm solid enhancing lesion consistent with neuroendocrine tumor Pancreatic cyst concerning for neuroendocrine tumor 1.2-cm cystic lesion (anechoic with hyperechoic shadowing Cytology: negative for malignant cells.
Mucin: negative
Pancreatic cyst concerning for neuroendocrine tumor Central pancreatectomy and pancreatojejunostomy 56 Well-differentiated pancreatic endocrine neoplasm of uncertain behavior
Patient B Abdominal pain and acute pancreatitis 0.6-cm low-density lesion History of chronic pancreatitis Multiple cystic lesions (0.9-cm largest) Multiple cysts seen on MRI and CT Hyperechoic foci, calcifications. Main duct narrowed with hyperechoic walls and dilation to 3.9 mm Not done Chronic pancreatitis Total pancreatectomy with islet cell transplant 52 Fibrodense tissue with granulation tissue and acute inflammation
Patient C Abdominal aortic aneurysm 4.5-cm cyst Not applicable Not done Large pancreatic cyst 4.5-cm unilocular cyst Carcinoembryonic antigen: 29445 Cytology: negative 4.5-cm cyst, high carcinoembryonic antigen level Distal pancreatectomy 73 Side-branch intraductal papillary mucinous adenoma without dysplasia
Patient D Nephrolithiasis 1-cm cystic lesion Pancreatic cyst 1.5-cm cystic mass with PD dilation to 0.5 cm Pancreatic cyst with PD dilation 1.1-cm cyst with mural nodule and PD dilation Cytology: atypical cells Pancreatic cyst with mural nodule, PD dilation, and atypical cells Open distal pancreatectomy 81 IPMN, low-grade dysplasia