Silvia Lana, Manuela Vallara, Nicola Emanuele Bono, Giuseppe Russo, Giulia Artioli, Giovanni Capretti, Ilaria Paladini, Antonella Pesce, Margherita Ruggirello, Sandro Barbalace, Maurizio Mostardi
Cystic lesions of the pancreas are relatively frequent imaging findings due to the improvement of imaging technologies. They may be secondary to both benign and malignant disease processes and their prevalence increases with age. In most cases, these lesions are detected incidentally by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed for other reasons. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) represent 25% of the cystic neoplasms, morphologically classified into "main pancreatic duct IPMN" (MPD-IPMN), "side branches IPMN" (SB-IPMN) and mixed forms...
July 28, 2016: Acta Bio-medica: Atenei Parmensis