title: [Clinical study of the imaging validity in detecting infiltration of the mesenteric-portal axis in pancreatic carcinoma].
abstract: The authors examine the value of different imaging techniques (CT, MRI) in the diagnosis of the involvement of the mesenteric-portal vessels in the pancreatic cancer. In 20 jaundiced patients they obtained in all cases a correct diagnosis about the etiology of the jaundice. The correspondence of the preoperative imaging study with the involvement of the mesenteric-portal vessels was respectively 73% for the CT and 78% for the MRI. In all cases the intra-operative echography allowed a correct diagnosis of the vascular involvement.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze chirurgiche dell'Università di Chieti.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gargano
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*