Table 1. CEC positivity by diagnosis.

All	171	91 (53.2%)	24 (14.0%)	56 (32.7%)
PDAC	108	53 (49.1%)	19 (17.6%)	36 (33.3%)
Cholangiocarcinoma	8	4 (50.0%)	0 (0%)	4 (50.0%)
Ampullary CA	7	4 (57.1%)	0 (0%)	3 (42.9%)
NET	9	6 (66.7%)	2 (22.2%)	1 (11.1%)
SPN	3	2 (66.7%)	0 (0%)	1 (33.3%)
Acinar cell CA	1	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100.0%)
IPMN	16	12 (75.0%)	0 (0%)	4 (25.0%)
MCN	1	1 (100.0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Ampullary adenoma	3	1 (33.3%)	0 (0%)	2 (66.7%)
Serous cystadenoma	2	2 (100.0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Splenic epidermoid cyst	1	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100.0%)
Pancreatitis	12	6 (50.0%)	3 (25.0%)	3 (25.0%)

CEC: Circulating epithelioid cells. +: Positive. Susp: suspicious. -: Negative. PDAC: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. CA: Carcinoma. NET: Neuroendocrine tumor. SPN: Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm. IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. MCN: Mucinous cystic neoplasm. SCA: Serous cystadenoma