Varices from portal hypertension: correlation of CT and angiography

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5615779

McCain, A H; Bernardino, M E; Sones, Jr, P J; Berkman, W A; Casarella, W J

Two hundred abdominal CT and angiographic examinations were performed on 137 patients with portal hypertension. These patients were being evaluated before or after a distal splenorenal shunt. CT increased the detection of umbilical and retroperitoneal varices. Angiography better detected peripancreatic varices and cavernous transformation. Both modalities together added more information than either alone in identification of coronary and/or gastroesophageal, retrogastric, and perisplenic-mesenteric varices. This additional anatomic information helped in the patient's management pre- and postoperatively.

• Research Organization: Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• OSTI ID: 5615779
• Report Number(s): CONF-8311191-
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 154:1; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABDOMEN
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY AREAS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
HYPERTENSION
MEDICINE
MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PORTAL SYSTEM
RADIOLOGY
SYMPTOMS
TOMOGRAPHY
VASCULAR DISEASES
VEINS