CT retrograde pancreatography using an indwelling balloon catheter.
We report a new technique for computed tomography (CT) of the pancreas during retrograde injection of contrast material into the pancreatic duct via an in situ balloon catheter placed by duodenoscopy (CT-RP). The method resulted in more stable ductgrams at CT than were obtained with other methods. Our data suggest that CT-RP provides useful information in evaluating pancreatic lesions that produce subtle or insignificant abnormalities of the outline of the pancreas and the ductal system on conventional CT and ERP.
Muranaka
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
Ono
M
M
Nishitani
H
H
Yoshida
M
M
Matsuura
K
K
D002404:Catheterization; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*