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. 2016 Jun 21;24(1):145–152. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw069

Table 2.

Top composite markers for discriminating the four pancreatic cyst types.

Cyst type Any of these Present All of these absent Marker selection (n = 1026) (sensitivity, specificity) Validation (n = 130) (sensitivity, specificity)
SCA Age ≥25 Abdominal pain 95%, 83% 100%, 71%
Communication with MPD
MPD dilation
SPN Age <55 Jaundice 89%, 86% 89%, 85%
Multifocal
Weight loss
MCN Age <75 Male 91%, 83% 90%, 78%
Communication with MPD
Multifocal
IPMN Age ≥85 None 94%, 90% 75%, 88%
Communication with MPD
MPD dilation
Abdominal pain