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.

The portal vein is formed by the merging of the splenic vein, which brings blood from the spleen, and the superior mesenteric ...

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 ...

Following venous reconstruction, it is critically important that the SMV-PV confluence be as close to normal as possible with regard to size, shape, and contour. Whether one performs a tangential ...

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 ...