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CT angiography for delineation of celiac and superior mesenteric artery variants in patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.

Winston CB, Lee NA, Jarnagin WR, Teitcher J, DeMatteo RP, Fong Y, Blumgart LH

Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 160 E 53rd St., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10022, USA.

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. CONCLUSION: 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.

Published 20 June 2007 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 189(1): W13-9.
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