With the advent of cross-sectional imaging, incidental pancreatic cystic neoplasms
have become increasingly detectable. Serous cystic neoplasms (SCNs) and mucinous cystic
neoplasms (MCNs) are two common types of pancreatic cystic neoplasms (
1
). SCN is a benign neoplasm that does not require surgical treatment unless symptoms
related to the compression of adjacent organs are present (
2
). MCN is a precancerous lesion; therefore, surgical resection is generally recommended
(
2
,
3
). Using conventional imaging parameters, it is difficult to differentiate SCN from
MCN, especially when both are unilocular (
4
).Key Words
Abbreviations:
ADC (apparent diffusion coefficient), AIC (Akaike information criterion), AUC (area under the curve), BMI (body mass index), CI (confidence interval), CT (computed tomography), DCA (decision curve analysis), DWI (diffusion-weighted imaging), FOV (field of view), ICC (intraclass correlation coefficient), LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator), MCN (mucinous cystic neoplasms), MPD (main pancreatic duct), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), NPV (negative predictive value), OR (odds ratio), PPV (positive predictive value), rad-scores (radiomics scores), ROI (regions of interest), SCN (serous cystic neoplasms), TE (time of echo), TR (time of repetition), T1WI (T1 weighted imaging), T2WI (T2 weighted imaging), VOI (volume of interest)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: November 12, 2022
Accepted:
October 6,
2022
Received in revised form:
September 23,
2022
Received:
August 12,
2022
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