Collateral Venous Pathways in Pancreatogenic Splenic Vein Occlusion： Spiral CT Manifestations_CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY

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WU Bi , SONG Bin , CHEN Weixia

Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;

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Pancreatic disease; Splenic vein; Collateral circulation; Spiral CT

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Objective To investigate the spiral CT manifestations of the collateral circulation pathways resulting from splenic vein occlusion (SVO) duo to pancreatic diseases. Methods The CT imaging and clinical data of 33 cases of pancreatic disease with SVO, including 28 cases of pancreatic carcinoma, 3 cases of acute pancreatitis and 2 cases of chronic pancreatitis, were retrospectively analyzed.
Results Tortuous and dilated vessels were observed in the areas between splenic hilum and gastric fundus and/or along the gastric greater curvature in all 33 cases. In isolated SVO cases, the short gastric vein (SGV, 86%)，coronary vein (CV, 79%)，gastroepiploic vein (GEV, 79%) and gastrocolic trunk (GCT, 57%) were varicose and dilated. While in nonisolated SVO，other collateral veins such as the right superior colic vein (RSCV, 37%），middle colic vein (MCV, 37%） and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein (PSPDV, 21%） were seen as well.
Conclusion The two predominant collateral pathways of SVO are ①SGV→gastric fundal veins→CV， and ②GEV→GCT→SMV. They have characteristic imaging features on spiral CT and are of clinical significance in both preoperative staging of pancreatic carcinoma and the evaluation of pancreatogenic segmental portal hypertension.

Citation： WU Bi,SONG Bin,CHEN Weixia. Collateral Venous Pathways in Pancreatogenic Splenic Vein Occlusion： Spiral CT Manifestations. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2003, 10(6): 619-622. doi: Copy

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