Abstract

WEVER L, Wallia J et al. Evaluación de las lesiones quísticas del páncreas por ultrasonido endoscópico y hallazgos citológicos a través de la punción aspiración con aguja fina: Reporte preliminar. Gen [online]. 2010, vol.64, n.1, pp.29-32. ISSN 0016-3503.

Background: Cystic lesions and collections of the pancreas present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; its pathology varies from pseudocysts and pancreatic necrosis to benign and malignant neoplasms. Endoscopic ultrasound plus fine-needle aspiration is a useful and accurate method to assess and collect samples of these lesions and may help identify patients with potentially malignant lesions that could benefit from surgical resection. Objective: Todescribe the endoscopic ultrasonography cytological findings in pancreatic cystic lesions. Patients and methods: Retrospective, descriptive study of 9 patientsbetween June 2008 to May 2009. Results: Eight cystic pancreatic lesions, 6 were female (75%) and 2 men (25%) with a mean age of 56 years. Two (2) of the lesions were reported mucinous cystadenoma (25%), one (1) solid pseudopapillary tumor (12.5%), two (2) mucin-producing intraductalneoplasms (25%), 1 pancreatic pseudocyst (12.5%), and in two (2) cystic lesions (25%) there was no access to the result. Conclusions: Endoscopic ultrasound plus cytological findings obtained by fine needle aspiration provides the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions in a high percentage of patients

Keywords : endoscopic ultrasound; pancreatic cysts; fine-needle aspiration.