Open AccessMucin Expression in Mucinous Pancreatic Cysts: Can String Sign Test Predict Mucin Types? A Single Center Pilot Study
Author(s) -
İbrahim Hakkı Köker,
Nurcan Ünver,
Fatma Ümit Malya,
Ömer Uysal,
Elmas Biberci Keskin,
Hakan Şentürk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the turkish journal of gastroenterology/the turkish journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2148-5607
pISSN - 1300-4948
DOI - 10.5152/tjg.2020.20060
Subject(s) - mucin , muc1 , medicine , cyst , pathology , carcinoembryonic antigen , mucinous cystadenoma , single center , gastroenterology , pancreas , cancer
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.