Non-invasive diagnostics of extrahepatic portal hypertension at the proliferative processes in the pancreas

Abstract

The study of hemodynamics in 199 patients with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer was performed with use of radiological diagnostics methods: ultrasound research, CT and. portal scintigraphy. Ultrasound examination with color and. power Doppler, CT with 3D-reconstruction give an idea of the local hemodynamic changes in extrahepatic portal hypertension and. can identify preoperative anatomic and. topographic relationship of great vessels in their involvement in mass lesion of the pancreas. Portal scintigraphy with accuracy 83 %, sensitivity 62 % and. specificity 100 % functional condition evaluates collateral flow in extrahepatic portal hypertension

Keywords

• portal hypertension
• ultrasound duplex scanning
• computed tomography
• portal scintigraphy