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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Pathol Clin. 2016 Dec;9(4):677–684. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2016.05.010

Table 2.

Identification of Cyst Type using Molecular Marker

Type of Cyst Molecular Markers
Any of these Any of these Senstivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)
Present Absent
SCA VHL
chr3 LOH
KRAS
GNAS
RNF43
chr5p aneu
chr8p aneu
100% (74–100%) 91% (84–95%)
SPN CTNNB1 KRAS
GNAS
RNF43
chr18 LOH
100% (69–100%) 100% (97–100%)
MCN None CTNNB1
GNAS
chr3 LOH
chr1q aneu
chr22q aneu
100% (74–100%) 75% (66–82%)
IPMN GNAS
RNF43
chr9 LOH
chr1q aneu
chr8p aneu
None 76% (66–84%) 97% (85–99.9%)

MPD = main pancreatic duct. chr = Chromosome. CI=confidence intervals. aneu = aneuploidy.