On imaging studies, the cysts have thick walls and do not communicate with the main pancreatic duct. There may be nodules or calcifications within the wall of the cyst. The cysts are lined by tall ...

Some cysts can eventually become cancerous, and typically need surgery to remove. The treatment, called endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic cyst chemoablation, uses a small camera inside the ...

K.M. Elias et al., “Primordial germ cells as a potential shared cell of origin for mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and mucinous ovarian tumors,” J Pathol, 246:459–69, 2018. Mucinous cysts of ...