TY - JOUR
T1 - Italian consensus guidelines for the diagnostic work-up and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms
AU - Buscarini, Elisabetta
AU - Pezzilli, Raffaele
AU - Cannizzaro, Renato
AU - Angelis, Claudio De
AU - Gion, Massimo
AU - Morana, Giovanni
AU - Zamboni, Giuseppe
AU - Arcidiacono, Paolo
AU - Balzano, Gianpaolo
AU - Barresi, Luca
AU - Basso, Daniela
AU - Bocus, Paolo
AU - Calculli, Lucia
AU - Capurso, Gabriele
AU - Canzonieri, Vincenzo
AU - Casadei, Riccardo
AU - Crippa, Stefano
AU - D'Onofrio, Mirko
AU - Frulloni, Luca
AU - Fusaroli, Pietro
AU - Manfredi, Guido
AU - Pacchioni, Donatella
AU - Pasquali, Claudio
AU - Rocca, Rodolfo
AU - Ventrucci, Maurizio
AU - Venturini, Silvia
AU - Villanacci, Vincenzo
AU - Zerbi, Alessandro
AU - Falconi, Massimo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This report contains clinically oriented guidelines for the diagnostic work-up and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms in patients fit for treatment. The statements were elaborated by working groups of experts by searching and analysing the literature, and then underwent a consensus process using a modified Delphi procedure. The statements report recommendations regarding the most appropriate use and timing of various imaging techniques and of endoscopic ultrasound, the role of circulating and intracystic markers and the pathologic evaluation for the diagnosis and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms.
AB - This report contains clinically oriented guidelines for the diagnostic work-up and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms in patients fit for treatment. The statements were elaborated by working groups of experts by searching and analysing the literature, and then underwent a consensus process using a modified Delphi procedure. The statements report recommendations regarding the most appropriate use and timing of various imaging techniques and of endoscopic ultrasound, the role of circulating and intracystic markers and the pathologic evaluation for the diagnosis and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms.
KW - Neoplasms, cystic, mucinous, and serous
KW - Pancreatic cyst
KW - Pancreatic neoplasms
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dld.2013.12.019
DO - 10.1016/j.dld.2013.12.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 24809235
AN - SCOPUS:84902543653
VL - 46
SP - 479
EP - 493
JO - Digestive and Liver Disease
JF - Digestive and Liver Disease
SN - 1590-8658
IS - 6
ER -