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 | |
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| 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 |