Appraisal of needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of pancreatic cysts

Table 3 Summary of endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle based confocal laser endomicroscopy findings: INSPECT[21], DETECT[17], and CONTACT[22] trials

Parenchymal structures
Blood vessels	Thin or thick white bands; networking of blood vessels
Acinar cells	Dark lobular structures
Adipose cells	Grey oval structures
Pancreatic ductal epithelium	Thin grey bands
Fibrous strands	Ultrathin bright bands
Epithelial structures
Villous structures	Finger-like papillary projections, dark ring with white core (cross section)
Wall (fibrous)	Paucicellular, avascular wall
Neoplasia	Dark aggregates of cells
Cyst luminal structures
Inflammatory cells	Clusters of bright, floating, heterogeneous particles
Red blood cells	Small black particles
Debris	Bright white fixed spots or large dark round floating particles with varying sizes