Pancreatic cyst dilemma: Between physical and biochemical markers

Iyad Khamaysi; Eyal Zussman

doi:10.3748/wjg.v27.i41.7207

Pancreatic cyst dilemma: Between physical and biochemical markers

World J Gastroenterol. 2021 Nov 7;27(41):7207-7209. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i41.7207.

Authors

Iyad Khamaysi¹, Eyal Zussman²

Affiliations

¹ The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
² NanoEngineering Group, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3109601, Israel.

Abstract

Physical analysis of the pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) fluid as expressed by the rheological behavior ("string sign") can improve the diagnostic yield and should be integrated in every multimodal PCLs workup.

Keywords: Fluid analysis; Pancreatic cyst; Rheology; String sign.

MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Cyst Fluid
Humans
Pancreas / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Cyst* / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Biomarkers