Preoperative Assessment of Vascular Invasion in Pancreatic Cancer——Value of CT
- VernacularTitle:胰腺癌血管侵犯的CT术前评价
- Author:
Zixing HUANG
;
Guangwen CHEN
;
Bin SONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pancreatic cancer;
Vascular invasion;
Tomography/X-ray computed,Multislice helical CT;
Anatomy;
Angiography;
Preoperative evaluation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Bases and Clinics in General Surgery
2008;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To probe CT grading criteria of vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer.Methods Retrieved articles in CNKI and PubMed about value of CT in preoperative assessment of vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer last ten years.Results Multislice helical CT is considered the best imaging method to assess the invaded peripancreatic vessels in pancreatic cancer.There are different CT criteria of vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer based on extension of hypodense tumor and its relation to blood vessels,on the degree of circumferential contiguity of tumor to vessel,on the degree of lumen stenosis,and on the degree of contiguity between tumor and vessels combined vascular caliber.Conclusion CT grading criteria are not uniform,each one has defects.
