Society guideline links: Pancreatic cysts

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately.

●(See "Society guideline links: Pancreatic cancer".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Neuroendocrine neoplasms".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)".)

International

●International evidence-based Kyoto guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas (2024)

●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Practice guideline on pancreatic cystic lesions (2019)

●Pathologic evaluation and reporting of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas and other tumoral intraepithelial neoplasms of pancreatobiliary tract – Recommendations of Verona Consensus Meeting (2016)

Canada

●Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Diagnostic imaging referral guidelines – Gastrointestinal system (2023)

United States

●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on adverse events associated with EUS and EUS-guided procedures (2022)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on pancreatic cyst (2019)

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cysts (2018)

●ASGE: Guideline for the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of cystic pancreatic neoplasms (2016)

●ASGE: Guideline for the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory pancreatic fluid collections (2016)

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Guideline on the diagnosis and management of asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts (2015)

●ASGE: Guideline for the role of endoscopy in benign pancreatic disease (2015)

●Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC): Guidelines for postbrushing and fine-needle aspiration biopsy follow-up and treatment options for patients with pancreatobiliary lesions (2014)

●PSC: Guidelines for standardized terminology and nomenclature for pancreatobiliary cytology (2014)

●PSC: Techniques for cytologic sampling of pancreatic and bile duct lesions (2014)

●PSC: Utilization of ancillary studies in the cytologic diagnosis of biliary and pancreatic lesions – Guidelines for pancreatobiliary cytology (2014)

Europe

●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Evidence-based multidisciplinary guidelines for the endoscopic management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (2018)

●European Study Group on Cystic Tumours of the Pancreas, United European Gastroenterology (UEG), European Pancreatic Club (EPC), European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA), European Digestive Surgery (EDS), European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms (2018)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): EUS-FNA guidelines (2024)

●[In Japanese] Diagnosis/treatment consensus for local pancreatitis complications (pancreatic pseudocyst, infectious encapsulation necrosis, etc) (2014)