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Vascular involvement in periampullary tumors: MDCT, EUS, and CDU
S Gusmini1, R Nicoletti, C Martinenghi
1Department of Radiology, Vita-Salute University, San Raffale Hospital, Milan, Italy. gusmini.simone@hsr.it
Abdominal Imaging
|July 1, 2008
Abstract:
In patients affected by periampullary tumors, surgical resection represents the only treatment with curative intent. Preoperative evaluation of vascular involvement is necessary to avoid surgical treatments unable of curative intent resection. The aim of our update article is to assess the performance of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), and color Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) in the evaluation of vascular involvement of major peripancreatic vessels, in periampullary tumors, analyzing the current and past literature.