Demographic, clinical and radiological characteristics of the study population
| Pancreatic serous cystic tumours (n=145) | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 28 (19.3%) |
| Female | 117 (80.7%) |
| Mean age at the diagnosis (years) | 60.7 (SD=13.7) |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Asymptomatic | 118 (81.4%) |
| Minimally symptomatic | 27 (18.6%) |
| History of other non-pancreatic malignancies | |
| No | 129 (89.0%) |
| Yes | 16 (11.0%) |
| Radiological pattern | |
| Microcystic | 124 (85.5%) |
| Oligocystic/macrocystic | 21 (14.5%) |
| Tumour location | |
| Head/uncinate process | 73 (50.3%) |
| Body/tail | 65 (44.8%) |
| Multifocal | 7 (4.8%) |
| Mean tumour diameter at the time of diagnosis (mm) | 28.6 (SD=13.4) |
| Current status | |
| In follow-up | 122 (84.1%) |
| Resected | 23 (15.9%) |