Hello, I also had a Pancreatic cyst incidental finding in early 2024 which was detected in a contrast CT. My GP highly recommended I follow up with a contract MRI which revealed the presence of 2.9 cm, Mucinous cyst, main duct dilation IPMN, and a history of acute pancreatitis. These are considered worrisome features for possible pancreatic cancer. Shortly thereafter, I had a biopsy of my cyst which revealed high grade atypia, I met with my GI to go over my test results and based on all the worrisome features found through testing, I was referred to surgical oncology. In June of 2024, I had a Whipple surgery in which it was found that my cyst did indeed have cells of the adenocarcinoma type (Stage 1A). It is my understanding that oncologist doctors follow a criteria based on the results of the tests for probability of cancer and to deem a cyst resectable versus non-resectable.

If I were you, I would meet with my GI and go over the MRI findings and recommendations. In addition, and this is so you can have peace of mind, I would ask for a second opinion from a highly specialized center such as Mayo or in my case Froedtert & MCW. I got three medical opinions. This gave me the peace of mind and complete understanding on what needed to happen next.

Sending you Peace and Clarity. I know how scary this can be, take it one step at a time.