Pancreatic cysts are being identified with increasing frequency as a result of the escalating
use of crosssectional imaging, typically for unrelated reasons. 1, 2 The incidence of …

Non-inflammatory cystic lesions of the pancreas are increasingly recognized. Two distinct
entities have been defined, ie, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) and …

Invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an almost uniformly fatal disease. Several
distinct noninvasive precursor lesions can give rise to invasive adenocarcinoma of the …

Owing to improvements in imaging techniques, cystic lesions of the pancreas are being
identified more often, even in patients who are asymptomatic. These lesions range from …

Objective: To describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of a large cohort of intraductal
papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas affecting the main pancreatic duct …

Background: There are no established guidelines for pathologic diagnosis/reporting of
intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs). Design: An international …

Now that more than two decades have passed since the first reports of intraductal papillary-
mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), it has become clear that IPMN consists of a spectrum of …

Objective The clinicopathological significance of four morphological types of intraductal
papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMNs; gastric, intestinal, pancreatobiliary …

Although general characteristics of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and
their delineation from other pancreatic tumors have been well established, several issues …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Mucin-producing neoplasms (MPNs) of the pancreas include
mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) and main-duct, branch-duct, and combined intraductal …