Title
Intracystic Glucose Levels Appear Useful for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Date Issued
01 June 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
Background: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the pancreatic cystic fluid is the most important biomarker for differentiating mucinous from non-mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs). However, recent studies have shown that glucose levels in pancreatic cystic fluid can discriminate mucinous from non-mucinous cysts. Aims: To perform a meta-analysis to determine the utility of intracystic fluid glucose of pancreatic mucinous cysts compared with intracystic CEA. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature in the PubMed, OVID Medline, and Cochrane databases. This meta-analysis considers studies published up to October 2020. Results: Six studies comprising 506 patients were selected; 61.2% of the population was female. Of the 480 PCLs, 287 (59.7%) were mucinous. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of cystic fluid glucose levels for mucinous PCLs were 91% and 85%, respectively. The positive likelihood ratio (PLR) and negative likelihood ratio (NLR) were 6.33 and 0.11, respectively. Pooled diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) was 60.94. The pooled area under the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was 0.959. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of pancreatic cystic fluid CEA levels were 61% and 93%. The PLR and NLR were 8.51 and 0.40, respectively. Pooled DOR was 23.52, and the pooled area under the SROC curve was 0.861. Conclusion: 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.
Start page
2562
End page
2570
Volume
67
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
GastroenterologĂa, HepatologĂa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106031881
PubMed ID
Source
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
ISSN of the container
01632116
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank Lourdes Carrera, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Unit, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, PerĂº, and Eduardo Monge Salgado, MD, Digestive Unit of Daniel Alcides CarriĂ³n Hospital, Lima, Peru.
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