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. 2023 May 26:36:e1735.
doi: 10.1590/0102-672020230017e1735. eCollection 2023.

CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESIONS: IMAGING VERSUS ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS-HOW TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY?

Rafael Mello Fontolan Vieira  1 , Arthur Soares de Souza Junior  2 , Leandra Ernst Kerche  3
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CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESIONS: IMAGING VERSUS ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS-HOW TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY?

Rafael Mello Fontolan Vieira et al. Arq Bras Cir Dig. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Background: Pancreatic cystic lesions are a group of pancreatic neoplasms with different behavior and risk of malignancy. Imaging diagnosis and differentiation of these lesions remain a challenge.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement between computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging and post-operative pathologic diagnoses of Pancreatic cystic lesions in a University Hospital of São Paulo State.

Methods: A total of 39 patients with surgically diagnosed Pancreatic cystic lesions were enrolled, as a study cohort from 2009 to 2019. Preoperative radiological and final pathological diagnosis was correlated to measure computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, choledochal pancreatic cyst, mucinous cystadenoma, serous cystadenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms, and pancreatic pseudocyst were classified as neoplastic cysts.

Results: It was noted that 27 patients (69.23%) had preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, 11 patients (28.20%) had preoperative computed tomography only, and 1 patient had preoperative magnetic resonance imaging only. The values for diagnoses made only with computed tomography (p=0.47) and from the combination of computed tomography+magnetic resonance imaging (p=0.50) did also point to moderate agreement with the anatomopathological findings. The values pointed to a fair agreement for the diagnosis of mucinous cystadenoma (p=0.3), moderate agreement for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (p= 0.41), good agreement for serous cystadenoma (p=0.79), and excellent agreement for choledochal pancreatic cyst (p=1), pancreatic pseudocyst (p=0.84), and Frantz tumor (p=1) (p<0.05).

Conclusions: The findings of computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging have an equivalent diagnostic agreement with an anatomopathological diagnosis for differentiating benign from malignant Pancreatic cystic lesions and in suggesting a specific diagnosis. There is no statistical difference between the use of computed tomography alone and computed tomography+magnetic resonance imaging in the improvement of diagnostic accuracy.

RACIONAL:: Lesões císticas pancreáticas são um grupo de neoplasias pancreáticas com diferentes comportamentos e riscos de malignidade. O diagnóstico por imagem e a diferenciação dessas lesões constituem um desafio.

OBJETIVOS:: Avaliar a concordância entre o diagnóstico de imagem pré operatório obtido através da tomografia computadorizada e/ou da ressonância nuclear magnética e o diagnóstico anátomopatológico das lesões císticas pancreáticas, no Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto – SP.

MÉTODOS:: Trinta e nove pacientes com lesões císticas pancreáticas, comprovados cirurgicamente, foram incluídos para o estudo, de 2009 a 2019. O diagnóstico radiológico pré-operatório e o diagnóstico anatomopatológico final foram correlacionadas para medir a acurácia da tomografia computadorizada e/ou da ressonância nuclear magnética. O adenocarcinoma pancreático, o cisto pancreato-coledociano, o cistoadenoma mucinoso, o cistoadenoma seroso, a neoplasia mucinosa papilar intraductal, e o pseudocisto pancreático foram classificados como cistos neoplásicos. As informações foram comparadas e estatisticamente analisadas.

RESULTADOS:: Vinte e sete pacientes fizeram tomografia computadorizada e ressonância nuclear magnética pré-operatórios (69,23%), 11 pacientes fizeram apenas tomografia computadorizada (28,20%), e 1 paciente fez apenas ressonância nuclear magnética (2,57%). Os achados de tomografia computadorizada para diagnóstico (p=0,47) e para a combinação tomografia computadorizada+RM (p=0,50) mostraram moderada concordância com os achados anatomopatológicos. Houve leve concordância para o diagnóstico de cistoadenoma mucinoso (p=0,3), moderada concordância para intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (p=0,41), boa concordância para cistoadenoma seroso (p=0,79) e excelente concordância para pseudocisto pancreático (p=0,84), cisto pancreato-coledociano (p=1) e tumor de Frantz (p=1) (p<0,05).

CONCLUSÕES:: Os achados de imagem da tomografia computadorizada e/ou ressonância nuclear magnética apresentaram concordância diagnóstica com os exames anatomopatológicos na diferenciação de lesões císticas pancreáticas benignas e malignas, porém a diferença entre o uso apenas da tomografia computadorizada e tomografia computadorizada+ressonância nuclear magnética na melhora da acurácia diagnóstica não apresentou relevância estatística tal como a literatura.

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