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Table 3 Summary of preoperative cytological and postoperative pathological diagnosis

From: Intrahepatic biliary mucinous cystic neoplasms: clinicoradiological characteristics and surgical results

Case No./Age/Gender

Preoperative FNACa findings

Preoperative FNACa diagnosis

Postoperative pathological diagnosis

No.2/39/Female

N.A.

Negative for malignancy

Biliary cystadenoma

No.9/49/Female

Fibrous tissue with scattered smooth muscle bundlesb

Negative for malignancyb

Biliary cystadenoma with leiomyomatous mural nodules

No.10/65/Female

Columnar/cuboidal cells with eccentric nuclei

Atypia

Mucinous cystadenoma

No.11/32/Female

Lymphocytes and histiocytes

Negative for malignancy

Mucinous cystadenoma

No.12/49/Female

Lymphocytes and histiocytes

Negative for malignancy

Mucinous cystadenoma

No.19/69/Male

Lymphocytes

Negative for malignancy

Mucinous cystadenoma

No.20/73/Malec

Cystic spaces lined by mucinous cuboidal or columnar epithelium with papillary infoldingsb

Cystic mucinous neoplasmb

Biliary cystadenocarcinoma

No.21/62/Malec

Complex glandular structures floating in mucin poolsb

Mucinous carcinoma or mucinous cystadenocarcinoma or IPMNd b

Biliary cystadenocarcinoma

  1. afine needle aspiration cytology
  2. bcore needle biopsy
  3. cbiliary cystadenocarcinoma
  4. dintraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm