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Arterial supply to the pancreas; variations and cross-sectional anatomy

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The pancreas has complex arterial supplies. Therefore, special attention should be paid in pancreatic arterial intervention for patients with acute pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinomas. Knowledge of pancreatic arterial anatomy and arterial territory is important not only to perform pancreatic arterial intervention, but to read the pancreatic angiography and cross-sectional image. We reviewed 226 selective abdominal angiography and CT scans during selective arteriography (CTA) of common hepatic artery, superior mesenteric artery, splenic artery, or peripancreatic arteries including posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, and dorsal pancreatic artery. CTA images were evaluated to clarify the cross-sectional anatomy of the pancreatic arterial territory. Variations of the peripancreatic arteries were also investigated. In this exhibit, schemes and illustrative cases demonstrate pancreatic arterial territory and variations.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Shinbeppu Hospital, Tsurumi 3898, Beppu-city, Oita, 874-0833, Japan

    Mika Okahara

  2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yuhu-city, Oita, 879-5593, Japan

    Hiromu Mori, Hiro Kiyosue, Yasunari Yamada, Yoshiko Sagara & Shunro Matsumoto

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Okahara, M., Mori, H., Kiyosue, H. et al. Arterial supply to the pancreas; variations and cross-sectional anatomy. Abdom Imaging 35, 134–142 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-009-9581-0

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