title: [Computerized tomography in gaseous hypotonic duodenography in the study of the pancreatico-duodenal area].
abstract: This study was aimed at assessing the role of CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography in the study of the pancreatic-duodenal region. Forty-two patients with malignancies in this region were examined with CT of the upper abdomen followed by CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography (30 pancreatic head cancers, 7 main bile duct and 5 ampullary lesions). In 20 of 28 cases of pancreatic head carcinoma, CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography yielded more pieces of information than baseline abdominal CT and was also more useful in small pancreatic head cancers, < 4 cm diameter. In 4 of these patients, CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography better demonstrated the pancreatic lesions which conventional CT had demonstrated poorly. In contrast, CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography was less useful in main bile duct carcinomas, depicting focal duodenal infiltration in only 1 of 7 cases. In all ampullary tumor patients (5/5), CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography demonstrated intraduodenal lesions. The authors conclude that CT-hypotonic gaseous duodenography is a useful technique to investigate small pancreatic head cancers and the method of choice to demonstrate ampullary lesions.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Policlinico Universitario, Messina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blandino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scribano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaeta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loria
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pandolfo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Contributo della Tomografia Computerizzata in corso di duodenografia ipotonica gassosa in alcuni ambiti della patologia dell'area pancreatico-duodenale.