TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic cyst fluid glucose
T2 - a rapid on-site diagnostic test for mucinous cysts
AU - Zamir, Efrat
AU - Zelnik Yovel, Dana
AU - Scapa, Erez
AU - Shnell, Mati
AU - Bar, Nir
AU - Bar Yishay, Iddo
AU - Ziv-Baran, Tomer
AU - Younis, Fadi
AU - Phillips, Adam
AU - Lubezky, Nir
AU - Shibolet, Oren
AU - Ben-Ami Shor, Dana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Pancreatic cystic fluid (PCF) analysis is frequently used for cyst diagnosis with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) being the most accepted biomarker. Low glucose levels in PCF were previously suggested as a marker for mucinous cysts. A bed-side glucometer is a point-of care, immediate, simple, and cheap method which requires a small volume of PCF. Objectives: The aim of our study was to identify the optimal glucose cut-off level for identifying mucinous cysts, evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glucose compared to CEA, and validate glucometry against reference laboratory biochemical analysis. Design: A single-center prospective cohort study. Methods: Consecutive patients aged 18 and older, who underwent pancreatic cyst evaluation, at the Tel Aviv Medical Center between 2016 and 2021 were analyzed. Cyst type was defined based on clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings. Glucose was measured using laboratory biochemical analysis and two glucometers. Receiver operating characteristic analysis derived sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were calculated and McNemar test was used to compare between methods. Results: One hundred and one PCF samples were evaluated. The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve for identifying mucinous cysts using glucometer, glucose laboratory, and their combination were 0.88 (p < 0.001), 0.92 (p < 0.001), and 0.93 (p < 0.001), respectively. A glucose level of 87 mg/dL was identified as the optimal laboratory glucose threshold value to detect mucinous cyst with a sensitivity of 90.9%, specificity of 83.3%, and accuracy of 89.3, higher in comparison to cyst fluid CEA. Furthermore, PCF glucose levels had the strongest association with mucinous cysts. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that PCF glucose level is more accurate than CEA for the diagnosis of mucinous cysts. Glucometry glucose level assessment demonstrated an excellent correlation with laboratory glucose measurements and may become a useful diagnostic test.
AB - Background: Pancreatic cystic fluid (PCF) analysis is frequently used for cyst diagnosis with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) being the most accepted biomarker. Low glucose levels in PCF were previously suggested as a marker for mucinous cysts. A bed-side glucometer is a point-of care, immediate, simple, and cheap method which requires a small volume of PCF. Objectives: The aim of our study was to identify the optimal glucose cut-off level for identifying mucinous cysts, evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glucose compared to CEA, and validate glucometry against reference laboratory biochemical analysis. Design: A single-center prospective cohort study. Methods: Consecutive patients aged 18 and older, who underwent pancreatic cyst evaluation, at the Tel Aviv Medical Center between 2016 and 2021 were analyzed. Cyst type was defined based on clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings. Glucose was measured using laboratory biochemical analysis and two glucometers. Receiver operating characteristic analysis derived sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were calculated and McNemar test was used to compare between methods. Results: One hundred and one PCF samples were evaluated. The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve for identifying mucinous cysts using glucometer, glucose laboratory, and their combination were 0.88 (p < 0.001), 0.92 (p < 0.001), and 0.93 (p < 0.001), respectively. A glucose level of 87 mg/dL was identified as the optimal laboratory glucose threshold value to detect mucinous cyst with a sensitivity of 90.9%, specificity of 83.3%, and accuracy of 89.3, higher in comparison to cyst fluid CEA. Furthermore, PCF glucose levels had the strongest association with mucinous cysts. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that PCF glucose level is more accurate than CEA for the diagnosis of mucinous cysts. Glucometry glucose level assessment demonstrated an excellent correlation with laboratory glucose measurements and may become a useful diagnostic test.
KW - EUS
KW - carcinoembryonic antigen
KW - glucose
KW - pancreatic cyst
KW - pancreatic cystic fluid
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U2 - 10.1177/17562848221133581
DO - 10.1177/17562848221133581
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C2 - 36353735
AN - SCOPUS:85141772962
SN - 1756-283X
VL - 15
JO - Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
JF - Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
ER -