Pancreatic cystic lesions – an endosonographic approach to solve the matter

Purpose: Pancreatic cystic lesions are difficult to deal with. Mostly these lesions are harmless but sometimes there is a risk of malignant transformation. The purpose of the study is to evaluate if the discrimination of the lesions by contrast enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in combination with endosonographic fine needle puncture in case of suspicion of a cystic tumor is a safe diagnostic approach. Material and methods: Over a period of 4 years 111 patients with cystic pancreatic lesions were enclosed into the study. The discrimination of pancreatic pseudocysts or a dysontogentic cyst to a cystic tumor was made…