The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytology: A Retrospective Review

Abstract

Since the introduction of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytology, much experience has been gained and published concerning the utility of the diagnostic categories, malignancy risk of the categories and reproducibility of the system. This new information has resulted in modifications to the system which will become part of the World Health Organization (WHO) System for Reporting Pancreatic Cytology. Herein we report our experience with the system and information from the published literature.

Keywords

• pancreaticobiliary cytology
• Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Reporting System
• malignancy risk