Predictors of the Presence of Concomitant Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas

Abstract

In view of the high prevalence of DC careful inspection of the entire pancreatic gland is necessary for early detection of DC in patients with branch duct IPMNs, especially when worsening diabetes mellitus and an abnormal serum CA 19-9 level are manifested.