CT angiography for delineation of celiac and superior mesenteric artery variants in patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of our study was to determine the frequency of different arterial variants identified at abdominal CT angiography (CTA) performed before pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Variant hepatic and celiac arterial anatomy is common. CTA can be used to identify common and uncommon variants that are important for the surgical management of patients with pancreatic and hepatobiliary neoplasms.
Winston
Corinne B
CB
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 160 E 53rd St., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10022, USA.
Lee
Nancy A
NA
Jarnagin
William R
WR
Teitcher
Jerrold
J
DeMatteo
Ronald P
RP
Fong
Yuman
Y
Blumgart
Leslie H
LH
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*