TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreas
T2 - peritoneal reflections, ligamentous connections, and pathways of disease spread.
AU - Vikram, Raghunandan
AU - Balachandran, Aparna
AU - Bhosale, Priya R.
AU - Tamm, Eric P.
AU - Marcal, Leonardo P.
AU - Charnsangavej, Chusilp
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The pancreas is a retroperitoneal organ with a close anatomic relationship to the peritoneal reflections in the abdomen, including the transverse mesocolon and the small bowel mesentery, and is directly contiguous to peritoneal ligaments such as the hepatoduodenal ligament, gastrohepatic ligament, splenorenal ligament, gastrocolic ligament, and the greater omentum. Understanding of these anatomic relationships of the pancreas is aided by knowledge of its embryologic development. These reflections and ligaments are potential pathways for spread of disease processes such as pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma. One can recognize these ligaments and reflections by identifying the blood vessels that traverse them.
AB - The pancreas is a retroperitoneal organ with a close anatomic relationship to the peritoneal reflections in the abdomen, including the transverse mesocolon and the small bowel mesentery, and is directly contiguous to peritoneal ligaments such as the hepatoduodenal ligament, gastrohepatic ligament, splenorenal ligament, gastrocolic ligament, and the greater omentum. Understanding of these anatomic relationships of the pancreas is aided by knowledge of its embryologic development. These reflections and ligaments are potential pathways for spread of disease processes such as pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma. One can recognize these ligaments and reflections by identifying the blood vessels that traverse them.
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U2 - 10.1148/rg.e34
DO - 10.1148/rg.e34
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19168761
AN - SCOPUS:66149145933
SN - 0271-5333
VL - 29
SP - e34
JO - Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc
JF - Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc
IS - 2
ER -