Risk of Malignancy in the Categories of The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytology

ConclusionsCategories of The PSC System each carry an implied absolute ROM, increasing from Negative to Positive categories. HGA identifies lesions at highest risk for malignancy in the Neoplastic: Other category, and its inclusion with Suspicious and Positive as positive diagnoses optimizes diagnostic performance of identifying high-risk lesions, warranting surgical excision.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - Category: Cytology Source Type: research