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In the changing landscape of modern medicine, the use of advanced imaging studies is constantly increasing. This trend has led to an increase in incidental findings on imaging examinations performed for unrelated causes, colloquially termed “incidentalomas.” The reported prevalence of pancreatic incidentalomas (PIs) varies greatly in different series and differs between cystic and solid lesions. In two large series, Laffan et al.[1] and de Jong et al.[2] reported that the prevalence of unsuspected pancreatic cysts discovered by multidetector computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is 2.4%–2.6%, and the prevalence increased with age. This figure is even higher (9.3%) when using high‐resolution MRI.[3] As cystic lesions are common, a number of guidelines addressing their management have been issued.[4,5]