TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidental pancreatic cystic lesions
T2 - Is there a relationship with the development of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and all-cause mortality?
AU - Chernyak, Victoria
AU - Flusberg, Milana
AU - Haramati, Linda B.
AU - Rozenblit, Alla M.
AU - Bellin, Eran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RSNA, 2014.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Purpose: To establish the effect of incidental pancreatic cysts found by using computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on the incidence of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and overall mortality in patients from an inner-city urban U.S. tertiary care medical center.Materials and Institutional review board granted approval for the study Methods: and waived the informed consent requirement. The study population comprised cyst and no-cyst cohorts drawn from all adults who underwent abdominal CT and/or MR November 1, 2001, to November 1, 2011. Cyst cohort included patients whose CT or MR imaging showed incidental pancreatic cysts; no-cyst cohort was three-to-one frequency matched by age decade, imaging modality, and year of initial study from the pool without reported incidental pancreatic cysts. Patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosed within 5 years before initial CT or MR were excluded. Demographics, study location (outpatient, inpatient, or emergency department), dates of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and death, and modified Charlson scores within 3 months before initial CT or MR examination were extracted from the hospital database. Cox hazard models were constructed; incident pancreatic adenocar-cinoma and mortality were outcome events. Adenocarci-nomas diagnosed 6 months or longer after initial CT or MR examination were considered incident.Results: There were 2034 patients in cyst cohort (1326 women [65.2%]) and 6018 in no-cyst cohort (3,563 [59.2%] women); respective mean ages were 69.9 years ± 15.1 (standard deviation) and 69.3 years ± 15.2, respectively (P = .129). The relationship between mortality and incidental pancreatic cysts varied by age: hazard ratios were 1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13, 1.73) for patients younger than 65 years and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.07), adjusted for sex, race, imaging modality, study location, and modified Charlson scores. Incidental pancreatic cysts had a hazard ratio of 3.0 (95% CI: 1.32, 6.89) for adenocarcinoma, adjusted for age, sex, and race.Conclusion: Incidental pancreatic cysts found by using CT or MR imaging are associated with increased mortality for patients younger than 65 years and an overall increased risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
AB - Purpose: To establish the effect of incidental pancreatic cysts found by using computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on the incidence of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and overall mortality in patients from an inner-city urban U.S. tertiary care medical center.Materials and Institutional review board granted approval for the study Methods: and waived the informed consent requirement. The study population comprised cyst and no-cyst cohorts drawn from all adults who underwent abdominal CT and/or MR November 1, 2001, to November 1, 2011. Cyst cohort included patients whose CT or MR imaging showed incidental pancreatic cysts; no-cyst cohort was three-to-one frequency matched by age decade, imaging modality, and year of initial study from the pool without reported incidental pancreatic cysts. Patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosed within 5 years before initial CT or MR were excluded. Demographics, study location (outpatient, inpatient, or emergency department), dates of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and death, and modified Charlson scores within 3 months before initial CT or MR examination were extracted from the hospital database. Cox hazard models were constructed; incident pancreatic adenocar-cinoma and mortality were outcome events. Adenocarci-nomas diagnosed 6 months or longer after initial CT or MR examination were considered incident.Results: There were 2034 patients in cyst cohort (1326 women [65.2%]) and 6018 in no-cyst cohort (3,563 [59.2%] women); respective mean ages were 69.9 years ± 15.1 (standard deviation) and 69.3 years ± 15.2, respectively (P = .129). The relationship between mortality and incidental pancreatic cysts varied by age: hazard ratios were 1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13, 1.73) for patients younger than 65 years and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.07), adjusted for sex, race, imaging modality, study location, and modified Charlson scores. Incidental pancreatic cysts had a hazard ratio of 3.0 (95% CI: 1.32, 6.89) for adenocarcinoma, adjusted for age, sex, and race.Conclusion: Incidental pancreatic cysts found by using CT or MR imaging are associated with increased mortality for patients younger than 65 years and an overall increased risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiol.14140796
DO - 10.1148/radiol.14140796
M3 - Article
C2 - 25117591
AN - SCOPUS:84919725299
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 274
SP - 161
EP - 169
JO - RADIOLOGY
JF - RADIOLOGY
IS - 1
ER -