title: Spectrum and Classification of Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas.
abstract: As patients are living longer and axial imaging is more widespread, increasing numbers of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are found. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms and mucinous cystic neoplasms are the most common. The revised Sendai guidelines provide a safe algorithm for expectant management of certain cystic neoplasms; however, studies are ongoing to identify further subgroups that can be treated nonoperatively. For those patients with high-risk clinical features or symptoms, surgical resection can be performed safely at high-volume pancreatic centers. Accurate diagnosis is critical for accurate decision making.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRB-425, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: cferrone@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Cristina R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ferrone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas; Cystic pancreatic endocrine neoplasm; Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; Mucinous cystic neoplasm; Serous cystic neoplasm; Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm