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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Jul 21;225(4):481–487. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.521

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Pancreatic fluid prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentration in patients with cyst fluid CEA > 192 ng/mL. Pancreatic cyst fluid PGE2 is plotted (y-axis) for each grade of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) dysplasia (x-axis) in only those with preoperative pancreatic cyst fluid CEA >192 ng/mL. (A) Divides IPMN dysplasia grade into 3 groups, LGD/MGD, HGD, and invasive IPMN. Mean PGE2 values again increase in a stepwise fashion with increasing dysplasia grade. (B) Divides IPMN dysplasia into only two groups, LGD/MGD and HGD/invasive IPMN. The same significant difference between LGD/MGD and HGD/invasive IPMN is demonstrated. LGD/MGD, low/moderate-grade dysplasia; HGD, highgrade dysplasia.