title: Current perspectives on pancreatic serous cystic neoplasms: Diagnosis, management and beyond.
abstract: Pancreatic cystic neoplasms have been increasingly recognized recently. Comprising about 16% of all resected pancreatic cystic neoplasms, serous cystic neoplasms are uncommon benign lesions that are usually asymptomatic and found incidentally. Despite overall low risk of malignancy, these pancreatic cysts still generate anxiety, leading to intensive medical investigations with considerable financial cost to health care systems. This review discusses the general background of serous cystic neoplasms, including epidemiology and clinical characteristics, and provides an updated overview of diagnostic approaches based on clinical features, relevant imaging studies and new findings that are being discovered pertaining to diagnostic evaluation. We also concisely discuss and propose management strategies for better quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Xiao-Peng Zhang, Zhong-Xun Yu, Yu-Pei Zhao, Meng-Hua Dai, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Xiao-Peng Zhang, Zhong-Xun Yu, Yu-Pei Zhao, Meng-Hua Dai, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Xun
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Xiao-Peng Zhang, Zhong-Xun Yu, Yu-Pei Zhao, Meng-Hua Dai, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Pei
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Xiao-Peng Zhang, Zhong-Xun Yu, Yu-Pei Zhao, Meng-Hua Dai, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Meng-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dai
keywords: Diagnosis; Management strategy; Pancreatic cystic neoplasm; Serous cystic neoplasm; Surgery