title: Imaging Pancreatic Cysts with CT and MRI.
abstract: CT and MRI are the imaging modalities of choice to guide the clinical management of incidentally discovered pancreatic cysts. Most of these lesions are mucinous cysts with varying degrees of malignant potential. This article reviews the CT and MRI findings that help differentiate a potentially aggressive lesion that requires EUS or surgery from a lesion of low malignant potential that is appropriate for imaging surveillance. The imaging-based societal guidelines for these cysts are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. bjeffrey@Stanford.edu.
authors.forename: R Brooke
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5678-8103
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: CT; MRI; Pancreatic cysts