Blood fibrinogen levels discriminate low- and high risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs).

B Background: b The risk assessment of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) to either guide patients to surgical resection or watchful waiting is still under debate. B Conclusion: b Blood fibrinogen differed between low and high risk IPMNs and therefore, the use of fibrinogen as an additional discriminator in the pre-operative risk assessment of IPMNs should be further evaluated. [Extracted from the article]