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We thank Drs Köker and Sentürk1Köker I.H. Şentürk H. Pancreas cyst fluid viscosity assessment in the diagnosis of mucinous cysts.Gastrointest Endosc. 2018; 87: 1597-1598Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (1) Google Scholar for reading our article about interobserver and intraobserver variations in evaluating needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for differentiating mucinous versus non-mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs).2Krishna S.G. Brugge W.R. Dewitt J.M. et al.Needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions: an international external interobserver and intraobserver study (with videos).Gastrointest Endosc. 2017; 86: 644-654Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar There are typographical errors in Table 2, which need correction. These corrections are included in the corrected Table 2, seen in the erratum, page 1599. Specifically, in Table 2, there were “zero” patients with main pancreatic duct dilation under the nonmucinous PCL category. Under the row addressing viscosity, we have included all 3 variables (thin/watery, slightly viscous, and thick pasty) for the calculation of the P value. The new P value is .04 and remains statistically significant. Pancreas cyst fluid viscocity assesment in the diagnosis of mucinous cytsGastrointestinal EndoscopyVol. 87Issue 6PreviewWe read with interest the article by Krishna et al1 about the use of EUS-guided needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) in differentiating between mucinous and nonmucinous pancreatic cysts. They reported a cohort of patients with 16 mucinous and 13 nonmucinous pancreas cysts to assess the performance characteristics of EUS-guided nCLE, which was found to have a high accuracy. However, in our experience, nCLE is a very expensive evaluation method for daily practice. In differentiating between mucinous and nonmucinous pancreas cysts, determination of the viscosity of the cyst fluid may be useful. Full-Text PDF