Naked eye: A papillary excrescence is a gross finding, meaning that it certainly can be seen by the naked eye. However, what that excrescence actually represents, from a more typical benign papillary cystadenoma to borderline tumor to papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma requires a pathologist to make that diagnosis by looking at the tissue under the microscope.
Answered 8/21/2013
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Both: The general appearance of a cyst can be identified by a doctor but generally this is only truly confirmed and its characteristics are identified by a pathologist.
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Maybe both: It depends where that description is from, but it sounds like a gross description (not microscopic) so they are likely seen with the naked eye. Though if they are papillary to the naked eye, they will usually be under the scope too.
Answered 7/27/2014
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