Unlike mucinous cystadenomas of the pancreas, serous cystic tumors are regarded as having very low risk for ... (EUS) fine-needle aspiration ... This turned out to be a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma.

CT may reliably differentiate a serous from MCN or IPMN. EUS may be used to evaluate the cystic neoplasm and obtain fluid for cytology, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level analysis, and mucin stain.

Serous cystadenomas are essentially considered benign tumors without malignant potential. Serous cystadenocarcinoma has been reported very rarely (<1%). Therefore, malignant potential should not be ...

Cyst fluid analysis in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cysts: a comparison of pseudocysts, serous cystadenomas, mucinous cystic neoplasms, and mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. Ann Surg 1993 ...

Cysts that are malignant or have premalignant potential are classified as mucinous cystadenomas ([MCNs] macrocystic adenoma), mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, side-branch or main duct intraductal ...

The diagnosis of cystic neoplasms (7 serous cystadenomas and 12 mucinous tumors) was established by surgical specimen analysis. High CA 19-9 levels (> 50,000 U/mL) were indicative of mucinous ...

Figure 1. An 18-year-old woman (gravida 0, para 0) presented with a six-month history of abdominal distention but no history of weight loss or abnormality in menstruation. Radiography showed an abd ...

To compare the deletion map of distal 8p in serous and mucinous ovarian carcinomas, we performed allelic analysis with 18 polymorphic microsatellite markers at 8p21–p23.