Morphological imaging sorts out cystic lesions of pancreas

August 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Morphological imaging sorts out cystic lesions of pancreas Benign findings require little more than regular follow-up, while malignancies call for closer scrutiny and immediate action BY SHALMALI PAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cystic lesions of the pancreas tend to be a phenomenon of aging. These lesions tend to be benign, but sorting out the small number with potential for malignancy is important. Dr. R. Brooke Jeffrey, chief of abdominal imaging at Stanford University, shared his approach to incidental small pancreatic cystic lesions at the 2008 Stanford International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Las Vegas.

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