Prevalence and outcomes of pancreatic cystic neoplasms in liver transplant recipients.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of PCNs in LT recipients was similar to the general population (3.6%, 31/872). Side-branch IPMNs do not appear to have accelerated malignant potential in post-LT patients, indicating the current surveillance guidelines are applicable to this group.
PMID: 29358860 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - December 28, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Liu K, Joshi V, van Camp L, Yang QW, Baars JE, Strasser SI, McCaughan GW, Majumdar A, Saxena P, Kaffes AJ Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research