Acr White Paper Pancreatic Cystic Lesions

Management of incidental pancreatic cysts.

Acr white paper pancreatic cystic lesions. Key mdct features to characterize pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours from its mimics. 7 enhancing pancreatic mass with normal serum ca19 9. The acr incidental findings committee ifc presents recommendations for managing pancreatic cysts that are incidentally detected on ct or mri. The facts increasingly encountered most asymptomatic 3cm unilocular cysts are not invasive cancers imaging follow up is generally a reasonable course of action referral to gi doc or hbp surgeon incidental ductal adenocarcinoma is rare cystic ductal adenocarcinoma is rare patient factors drive decisions a whipple is a big deal.

Other rarer cystic lesions such as solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasm and cpnet tend to harbor features that suggest a specific diagnosis usually leading to surgical removal. In a classic paper small 4 mm pancreatic cysts were found in 24 3 of 300 consecutive all cause au. 914 journal of the american college of radiology volume 14 n number 7 n july 2017. These recommendations represent an update from the pancreatic component of the jacr 2010 white paper on managing incidental findings in the adrenal glands kidneys liver and pancreas.

Acr white paper approach to the incidental pancreatic cyst. A white paper of the acr incidental findings committee journal of the american college of radiology vol. The acr incidental findings committee ifc presents recommendations for managing pancreatic cysts that are incidentally detected on ct or mri. These recommendations represent an update from the pancreatic component of the jacr 2010 white paper on managing incidental findings in the adrenal glands kidneys liver and pancreas.