Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Tumors

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Background

Pancreatic cystic tumors (PCTs) represent a heterogeneous group of lesions with diverse biological behaviours, ranging from inflammatory, benign, premalignant and malignant Accurate differential diagnosis is essential for guiding clinical management, as overtreatment of benign cysts or underdiagnosis of malignant ones can have significant consequences. The recent advances in imaging modalities, cyst fluid analysis, and molecular profiling have greatly enhanced the diagnostic precision of these entities.



We can cover the following topics

1. Classification of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions

2. Epidemiology

3. Mucinous cystic neoplasm

4. Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm

5. Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm

6. Serous Cystic Neoplasm

7. Pseudocyst

8. Clinical and Demographic Features

9. Imaging Characteristics

10. Cyst Fluid Analysis

11. Cytological features

12. Molecular markers

13. Cyst fluid Tumour markers

14. Cyst ablations

15. Sampling methods

16. FNA VS FNB in PCLs

17. Role of AI in Differential Diagnosis

18. Role of Gut Microbiome in Diagnosis of PCLS

19. Diagnostic Challenges and Emerging Tools

20. Management of PCTs

21. Role of PCTs in early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

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Keywords: Pancreatic cystic neoplasms; Differential diagnosis; Cyst fluid analysis; Imaging characteristics; Molecular markers

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