title: Malignant potential in incidental pancreatic cysts.
abstract: Although pancreatic cysts are being diagnosed with greater frequency, a uniform agreement on management is still lacking. This is mainly because accurate and reliable preoperative determination of the exact pathology of a pancreatic cyst remains elusive. Although ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration represents a significant advancement in our ability to characterize pancreatic cysts preoperatively, significant limitations persist. In this article, we review the roles of clinical characteristics, imaging features and biochemical markers in the correct classification of incidental pancreatic cysts. The correct diagnosis and management of these cysts still hinges, to a large extent, on clinical experience and multidisciplinary cooperation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. acadili@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cadili
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bigam
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis