Intracystic Glucose Levels Appear Useful for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gerly Edson Guzman-CalderonBelen Martinez-Moreno MdJuan A CasellasJosé Ramón Aparicio

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)

Glucose has become a useful method and appears to be better than CEA for differentiating between mucinous PCLs and non-mucinous PCLs. We suggest that the analysis of glucose in PCLs be routinely performed for the differential diagnosis of these lesions.

Keyphrases

blood glucose
low grade
type diabetes
blood pressure
magnetic resonance imaging
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
high grade
insulin resistance