Open AccessA new needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy pattern of malignant pancreatic mucinous cystic lesions (with video)
Author(s) -
Yunlu Feng,
Xiaoyan Chang,
Yu Zhao,
Dong Wu,
Zhilan Meng,
Xi Wu,
Tao Guo,
Qingwei Jiang,
ShengYu Zhang,
Qiang Wang,
Aiming Yang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/eus.eus_35_20
Subject(s) - medicine , cytopathology , histology , radiology , pathology , cyst , cytology
The diagnosis of malignant pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) remains challenging. Needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) is an emerging promising imaging technique capable of real-time in vivo microscopic imaging of the cyst wall. We aimed to develop and validate a new nCLE diagnostic criteria for malignant mucinous cystic lesions (MLs).