Open AccessPreoperative assessment of vascular invasion in exocrine pancreatic cancer by multidetector CT
Author(s) -
Ahmed M. Shokry,
Omnia Mokhtar,
Amr Salama A Salah,
Mohammed Gomaa,
Ayman Abdelmottelb
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2013.03.006
Subject(s) - vascular invasion , medicine , pancreatic carcinoma , pancreatic cancer , multidetector computed tomography , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , pancreas , cancer , computed tomography , paleontology , biology
PurposeTo evaluate multidetector CT (MDCT) signs of vascular invasion in pancreatic carcinoma.Patients and methodsRetrospective review of preoperative dynamic MDCT of 42 patients with pathologically proven pancreatic carcinoma.ResultsSurgically confirmed invaded vessels were 19 arteries and 33 veins. Multiple signs of vascular invasion were assessed.ConclusionSignificant advances have been made in the ability of MDCT to visualize pancreatic cancer and to stage disease when close attention is paid to technique with special attention to multiple signs of vascular invasion