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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pancreas. 2009 Mar;38(2):e33–e42. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e318193a08f

Table 1. Clinical information for the pancreatic cyst fluid samples.

CEA (ng/mL) and Amylase (units/mL) are results from clinical lab immuno assays. MCA=mucinous cystadenoma. Cytology categories: A- Benign: No evidence of benign mucinous epithelium, atypical cells or carcinoma. C- Atypical/suspicious cytology.

Cyst No. 15 6 8 10 1 2 4 16 18 13
Histology - - - - - - - - - -
CEA - - - - <0.1 1.8 49.4 60.5 176 182
Amylase - - - - - 56 - - - 163400
Cytology A A A C A A C A A A
Gender F F F M F F F F F M
Age 33 53 83 50 51 74 73 56 76 67
Cyst size 15 mm x 12 mm 14 mm x 17 mm 22 mm x 14 mm 18 mm x 28 mm 16 mm x 13 mm 20 mm x 24 mm 31 mm x 11 mm 34 mm x 32 mm 22 mm x 14 mm 24 mm x 17 mm
Location pancreatic tail pancreatic tail pancreatic head pancreatic body pancreatic body pancreatic tail pancreatic neck pancreatic body pancreatic head pancreatic head
Cyst No. 7 11 17 14 9 19 12 5 3 21
Histology - - IPMN adenoma MCA - IPMN adenoma - Adenocarcinoma - MCA
CEA 231 333 410 582 797 2853 5115 14175 63,830 -
Amylase 12330 43152 25600 4036 75210 - - 6 - -
Cytology A A A A A A A C A A
Gender M F M F M M F M F F
Age 63 81 77 45 68 81 65 70 73 32
Cyst size 23 mm x 10 mm 27 mm x 10 mm 23 mm x 26 mm 46 mm x 47 mm 29 mm x 21 mm 22 mm x 20 mm 14 mm x 9 mm 18 mm x 18 mm 17 mm x 13 mm -
Location pancreatic body pancreatic tail uncinate process - pancreatic head pancreatic tail pancreatic head pancreatic body/tail pancreatic head -