Open AccessAccuracy of malignancy criteria for an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. Should we have blind faith in consensus guidelines?
Author(s) -
Juan Carlos Sebastián Tomás,
Carmen Payá Llorente,
Inmaculada Ortiz Tarín
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2018.5573/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm , malignancy , set (abstract data type) , general surgery , consensus conference , radiology , pathology , pancreas , computer science , programming language
Based on a recent review about intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), we want to reflect some important issues referring to the different consensus guidelines, criteria anda algorithms that are a starting point to manage this neoplasm as well as their limitations.