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The neoplastic benign interpretation category indicates that the cytological specimen is sufficiently cellular and representative, with or without the context of clinical, imaging, and ancillary studies, to be diagnostic of a benign neoplasm. The most common entity is this category is serous cystadenoma; other rare entities include neuroendocrine microadenoma (< 0.5 cm) and lymphangioma. Surgical resection is optional and largely dependent on the size of the lesion and patient symptoms.
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Pitman, M., Layfield, L. (2015). Category IV: Neoplastic: Benign. In: The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16589-9_5
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