Is preoperative pancreatic juice cytology useful for determining therapeutic strategies for patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas?

ConclusionsPJC in IPMN is not a recommended examination because of its low overall sensitivity and no significant difference in diagnostic performance by type, location, or subclassification. Although the sensitivity is low, the positive predictive value is high, so we suggest that pancreatic juice cytology be performed only in cases where the patient is not sure about surgery.

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Source: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences - December 13, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Rintaro Nagayama, Toshiharu Ueki, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Susumu Hijioka, Masafumi Nakamura, Masayuki Kitano, Kazuo Hara, Atsushi Masamune, Toshifumi Kin, Keiji Hanada, Shinsuke Koshita, Reiko Yamada, Mamoru Takenaka, Takao Itoi, Akio Yanagisawa, Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research