Cysts that contain thick fluid with mucin, elevated CEA, or atypical cells must be treated as potentially malignant and should be surgically removed. Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) encompass a ...

PDAC is associated with two major types of asymptomatic precancerous lesions - microscopic pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanINs) and macroscopic mucin-producing cystic neoplasms, namely, ...

Krukenberg tumors represent mucinous metastatic disease ... When large, these lesions are more likely to be cystic and bilateral. The ovarian neoplasms are actually discovered prior to the ...

Similarly, simple cysts of the liver usually are not confused with cystic ... of tumor type more than the sonographic appearance per se. Calcifications suggest a mucinous adenocarcinoma, which ...