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Tumor Vascular Abutment by CT vs. EUS
| Vessel | By CT
|
By EUS
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| PV | 4 | 22.2 | 4 | 28.6 |
| SMA | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7.1 |
| SMA and SMV | 1 | 5.6 | - | - |
| SMV | 5 | 27.8 | 3 | 21.4 |
| SMV/PV confluence | 3 | 16.7 | 2 | 14.3 |
| none | 3 | 16.7 | 4 | 28.6 |
| Total | 18 | 100 | 14 | 100 |
Three patients were not found to have vessel abutment by initial CT or EUS, but abutment was seen when taken for immediate resection; PV = portal vein; SMA = superior mesenteric artery; SMV = superior mesenteric vein
