Imaging of Visceral Vessels

Radiol Clin North Am. 2024 May;62(3):543-557. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2023.12.003. Epub 2024 Feb 13.ABSTRACTThe visceral vasculature is inextricably intertwined with abdominopelvic disease staging, spread, and management in routine and emergent cases. Comprehensive evaluation requires specialized imaging techniques for abnormality detection and characterization. Vascular pathology is often encountered on nondedicated routine imaging examinations, which may obscure, mimic, or confound many vascular diagnoses. This review highlights normal arterial, portal venous, and systemic venous anatomy and clinically relevant variants; diagnostic pitfalls related to image-acquisition technique and disease mimics; and characteristics of common and rare vascular diseases to empower radiologists to confidently interpret the vascular findings and avoid misdiagnosis.PMID:38553185 | DOI:10.1016/j.rcl.2023.12.003

Source: Radiologic Clinics of North America - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Theodore T Pierce Vinay Prabhu Vinit Baliyan Sandeep Hedgire Source Type: research