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CT in Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgical Pathology

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Computed tomography (CT) represents the most current modality used to evaluate hepato-biliary tree and pancreatic (HBP) surgical pathology. Multidetector CT (MDCT) is a very quick, robust, reproductible and reliable method for the pretherapeutic and postsurgical hepato-biliary tree and pancreatic diagnostic. Using a correct and a specific CT protocol for the HBP region in correlation with multiplanar reconstructions, maximum intensity and 3D reconstructions, CT provides detailed and consistent information’s regarding the type of mass, its characteristics, volumetry and local extension, allowing to appreciate the vascular involvement and tumor resectability but also in malignant tumoral pathology the presence of distant metastasis.

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  1. Radiology, Medical Imaging and Interventional Imaging Department of Fundeni Clinical Institute, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania

    Ioana G. Lupescu & Mugur C. Grasu

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  1. Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Masatoshi Makuuchi

  2. National Center for Global Health and Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Norihiro Kokudo

  3. “Dan Setlacec” Center of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania

    Irinel Popescu

  4. Emeritus Professor University Paris Cité, Paris, France

    Jacques Belghiti

  5. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Ho-Seong Han

  6. Nagahama City Hospital Network, Shiga, Japan

    Kyoichi Takaori

  7. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Dan G. Duda

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Lupescu, I.G., Grasu, M.C. (2022). CT in Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgical Pathology. In: Makuuchi, M., et al. The IASGO Textbook of Multi-Disciplinary Management of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0063-1_13

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