MRI is useful to suggest and exclude malignancy in mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.
Marie Pierre VulliermeJules GregoryVinciane ReboursJerome CrosYasser Abelhady-AttiaValerie VilgrainLina Aguilera-MunozLucie LaurentPhilippe LevyAlain SauvanetMaxime RonotPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• A heterogenous signal on T2-weighted MRI, a ≥ 5-mm-thick wall, mural nodules ≥ 9 mm, and/or enhancing septa suggest malignant MCNs. • A thin non-enhancing wall with no mural nodules suggests benign MCNs. • MRI should be performed in the pre-therapeutic evaluation of MCN to help determine the therapeutic strategy in these patients.