TY - JOUR
T1 - Reply: Cyst fluid analysis to diagnose pancreatic cystic lesions: An as yet unfulfilled promise
AU - Van Der Waaij, Laurens A.
AU - Van Dullemen, Hendrik M.
AU - Porte, Robert J.
N1 - Copyright: © 2006 American Gastroenterological Association.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Very few would argue that a symptomatic cystic tumor in the pancreas should not be resected, nor would a (large) cystic tumor found in the pancreatic tail of a young and otherwise healthy person be left untreated. These are not the patients in whom we would need more certainty about the diagnosis before we proceed with a surgical resection. This is why we, as many others, have stated in our report that “most pancreatic cystic tumours should be resected without the need for cyst fluid analysis”. However, an increasing number of pancreatic cystic lesions is detected coincidentally and are asymptomatic. Furthermore, [...]
AB - Very few would argue that a symptomatic cystic tumor in the pancreas should not be resected, nor would a (large) cystic tumor found in the pancreatic tail of a young and otherwise healthy person be left untreated. These are not the patients in whom we would need more certainty about the diagnosis before we proceed with a surgical resection. This is why we, as many others, have stated in our report that “most pancreatic cystic tumours should be resected without the need for cyst fluid analysis”. However, an increasing number of pancreatic cystic lesions is detected coincidentally and are asymptomatic. Furthermore, [...]
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33644858894
U2 - 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.01.065
DO - 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.01.065
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 16530543
AN - SCOPUS:33644858894
SN - 0016-5085
VL - 130
JO - Gastroenterology
JF - Gastroenterology
IS - 3
M1 - P1009
ER -