Mucin Expression in Mucinous Pancreatic Cysts: Can String Sign Test Predict Mucin Types? A Single Center Pilot Study

Köker İ. H., Ünver N., Malya F. Ü., Uysal Ö., Biberci Keskin E., Şentürk H.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.32, no.2, pp.187-193, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2020.20060
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.187-193
  • Keywords: String sign, pancreas cyst, MUC, malignancy, DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, NEOPLASMS, CLASSIFICATION, DYSPLASIA, CANCER, FLUID
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) express different mucin (MUC) types according to their histomorphologic types. High cystic fluid viscosity may help in the detection of mucinous PCLs. We hypothesized that high cystic fluid viscosity may be suggestive of a certain MUC type in mucinous PCLs.