Major Differential Diagnosis of Focal Pancreatic Lesions
- True epithelial cyst
- Lymphangioma
- Focal pancreatitis (acute or chronic)
- Pseudocyst/WON
- Cystic pancreatic neoplasms
- • Serous cystadenoma
- • Mucinous cystadenoma/cystadenocarcinoma
- • IPMN
- • Side branch type
- • Main duct type
- • SPN
- • Adenocarcinoma (with cystic change or necrosis)
- • Neuroendocrine tumor (with cystic change or necrosis)
- • Metastasis (with cystic change or necrosis)
- Solid pancreatic neoplasms
- • Adenocarcinoma
- • Neuroendocrine tumor
- • SPN
- • Metastasis
- • Lymphoma
- • Acinar cell carcinoma
