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2 years ago mri showed 3mm side branch ipmn on pancreas. mri today shows same size. but doctor is not doing anything other then yearly imaging. safe??
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Lesion may change: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of pancereas rare to pick up on MRI when several mm in size. The transition to malignancy of a ductal neoplasm takes 15-20 yrs. It may be important to have ERCP and brushing or bx of lesion to assure that it is of the type that will not change.
Answered 10/2/2020
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