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Computed tomography arterial portography for assessment of portal vein injury after blunt hepatic trauma
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Abdominal Imaging - Original Article
VOLUME: 21 ISSUE: 5
P: 361-367
September 2015

Computed tomography arterial portography for assessment of portal vein injury after blunt hepatic trauma

Diagn Interv Radiol 2015;21(5):361-367
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2015.14445
Chen-Ju Fu 1
Yon-Cheong Wong
Yuk-Ming Tsang
Li-Jen Wang
Huan-Wu Chen
Yi-Kang Ku
Cheng-Hsien Wu
Huan-Wen Chen
Shih-Ching Kang
1. Division of Emergency and Critical Care Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, TaoYuan, Taiwan
2. Department of Radiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
3. Department of Internal Medicine, Lotung Poh-ai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan
4. Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, TaoYuan, Taiwan
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Received Date: 28.01.2015
Accepted Date: 28.02.2015
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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE

Intrahepatic portal vein injuries secondary to blunt abdominal trauma are difficult to diagnose and can result in insidious bleeding. We aimed to compare computed tomography arterial portography (CTAP), reperfusion CTAP (rCTAP), and conventional computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing portal vein injuries after blunt hepatic trauma.

METHODS

Patients with blunt hepatic trauma, who were eligible for nonoperative management, underwent CTAP, rCTAP, and CT. The number and size of perfusion defects observed using the three methods were compared.

RESULTS

A total of 13 patients (seven males/six females) with a mean age of 34.5±14.1 years were included in the study. A total of 36 hepatic segments had perfusion defects on rCTAP and CT, while there were 47 hepatic segments with perfusion defects on CTAP. The size of perfusion defects on CT (239 cm3; interquartile range [IQR]: 129.5, 309.5) and rCTAP (238 cm3; IQR: 129.5, 310.5) were significantly smaller compared with CTAP (291 cm3; IQR: 136, 371) (both, P = 0.002).

CONCLUSION

Perfusion defects measured by CTAP were significantly greater than those determined by either rCTAP or CT in cases of blunt hepatic trauma. This finding suggests that CTAP is superior to rCTAP and CT in evaluating portal vein injuries after blunt liver trauma.