CT angiography for delineation of celiac and superior mesenteric artery variants in patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

Corinne B Winston; Nancy A Lee; William R Jarnagin; Jerrold Teitcher; Ronald P DeMatteo; Yuman Fong; Leslie H Blumgart

doi:10.2214/AJR.04.1374

CT angiography for delineation of celiac and superior mesenteric artery variants in patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Jul;189(1):W13-9. doi: 10.2214/AJR.04.1374.

Authors

Corinne B Winston¹, Nancy A Lee, William R Jarnagin, Jerrold Teitcher, Ronald P DeMatteo, Yuman Fong, Leslie H Blumgart

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 160 E 53rd St., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10022, USA.

PMID: 17579128
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1374

Abstract

Objective: The objective of our study was to determine the frequency of different arterial variants identified at abdominal CT angiography (CTA) performed before pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery.

Conclusion: Variant hepatic and celiac arterial anatomy is common. CTA can be used to identify common and uncommon variants that are important for the surgical management of patients with pancreatic and hepatobiliary neoplasms.

MeSH terms

Aged
Angiography / methods*
Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
Celiac Artery / abnormalities
Celiac Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Liver Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / abnormalities
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging*
Middle Aged
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Preoperative Care / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*