title: The incidental cystic pancreas mass: a practical approach.
abstract: Technical advances in cross-sectional imaging have led to the discovery of incidental cystic pancreatic lesions in the oncology and non-oncology population that in the past remained undetected. These lesions have created a diagnostic and management dilemma for both clinicians and radiologists: should these lesions be ignored, watched, aspirated, or removed? In this review, recommendations concerning the assessment of the more common pancreatic cystic incidental lesions are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, North Shore University Health System, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA. rgore@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Wenzke
authors.forename: Kiran H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Thakrar
authors.forename: Geraldine M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Newmark
authors.forename: Uday K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*