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. 1989 Mar;71(2):92–96.

The value of angiography in the surgical management of pancreatic disease.

G V Appleton 1, N C Bathurst 1, J Virjee 1, M J Cooper 1, R C Williamson 1
PMCID: PMC2498945  PMID: 2705733

Abstract

Selective visceral angiography should help to determine the nature and extent of pancreatic lesions and their suitability for resection. Between 1980 and 1987 coeliac and superior mesenteric angiograms were obtained in 76 patients considered for pancreatic resection. Anomalous arterial anatomy was delineated in 25%. Among arterial abnormalities observed in 42 patients (55%), increased or decreased vascularity and displacement were of limited diagnostic value, but encasement correctly predicted cancer in 18 of 21 cases and irresectability in nine of these. When present (17%), invasion or occlusion of the portal or superior mesenteric vein was even more accurate, indicating cancer in 12 of 13 cases and irresectability in 11 of these. Hepatic metastases were only detected in 7 of 15 patients (47%). Overall, angiography confirmed the diagnosis in 54%, localised the lesion in 64% and correctly forecast irresectability in 58%. Misleading data were obtained in five patients. There were no complications.

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