Surgical interventions for pancreatic cancer, such as pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and portal-superior mesenteric vein (PV-SMV) resection, can lead to decreased venous flow in the splenic vein.

increasing blood flow in the gastric veins with varix formation. (E) Surgically decreased splenic venous flow. PV-SMV resection performed in the setting of a pancreatic tumor can lead to increased ...

In patients with a high clinical suspicion of a tumor or those with suspected pancreatic mass not satisfactorily identified on a high-quality MDCT exam, MR imaging or EUS may be considered as ...