Cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: endoscopic ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration characteristics

Limited data are available on the endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) characteristics of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (CPanNets). The aims of this study were to describe the EUS and FNA characteristics of pathologically confirmed CPanNets and to compare these characteristics with mucinous cysts from matched patients.From an EUS - FNA database (between 1999 and 2011), 19 patients with a pathologically confirmed...