title: Selective vein catheterization for hormone assay in endocrine tumours of the pancreas. Technique and results.
abstract: Based on 45 examinations the technique of selective catheterization of the pancreatic veins for blood sampling using percutaneous transhepatic approach to the portal vein is described. The results are compared with the angiographic findings in 16 patients with islet cell tumours of islet cell hyperplasia.
mesh_terms: D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000175:diagnosis; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010690:Phlebography; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis