Criteria for determining malignancy in pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm based on computed tomography
- \(\textit {Introduction:}\) Determining the dignity of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) by imaging procedures is challenging. Various CT-based criteria were evaluated. \(\textit {Patients and Methods:}\) Preoperative CT scans from 47 patients with IPMN were analyzed. Predefined criteria of malignancy were compared between patients with benign (bIPMN; \(\it n\) = 28) and malignant (mIPMN; \(\it n\) = 19) tumors, and a summation score was determined. \(\textit {Results:}\) Preoperative carbohydrate-antigen 19-9 levels were higher in patients with mIPMN (\(\it p\) = 0.013). The diameter of the main pancreatic duct was greater in patients with mIPMN ((\(\it p\) < 0.0001). More patients with mIPMN showed bile duct obstruction ((\(\it p\) = 0.0076), solid tumor components ((\(\it p\) = 0.0076), contrast enhancement in cystic walls ((\(\it p\) = 0.0086), peripancreatic lymph nodes ((\(\it p\) = 0.0076), and abrupt diameter changes of the main pancreatic duct ((\(\it p\) = 0.0008). The CT density of the cysts was higher in mIPMN ((\(\it p\) = 0.0063). The diagnostic accuracy of the summation score (sensitivity: 0.84, specificity: 0.96) was greater when compared to each individual CT parameter. \(\textit {Conclusions:}\) The prevalence and extent of various CT-based abnormalities are greater in patients with mIPMN, but the wide overlap limits the diagnostic value of each individual parameter. A simple summation score largely enhances the diagnostic accuracy.
Author: | Peter MönningsGND, Orlin BelyaevORCiDGND, Waldemar UhlORCiDGND, Arnd GieseGND, Andrea TannapfelORCiDGND, Odo KösterGND, Juris MeierORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-60652 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000452738 |
Parent Title (English): | Digestion |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2018/07/26 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/12/29 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds Computed tomography; Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; Malignancy; Sensitivity; Specificity |
Volume: | 94 |
Issue: | 4 |
First Page: | 230 |
Last Page: | 239 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | St. Josef-Hospital Bochum, Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Medizin, Gesundheit |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät |
Licence (German): | Nationale Lizenz |