This condition arises due to increased pressure in the splenic vein (SV), causing blood to drain through the short gastric veins to the stomach, leading to the dilation of submucosal structures ...

Formerly the lienal vein, the splenic vein services the spleen. It drains deoxygenated blood away from the spleen to a junction with the superior mesenteric vein. As a result, the hepatic portal ...

Medically reviewed by Rochelle Collins, DOMedically reviewed by Rochelle Collins, DO The portal vein ... The portal vein is formed by the merging of the splenic vein, which brings blood from ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma ...

ALTHOUGH thrombosis of the splenic vein is infrequently reported in the literature, 1,2 it is common knowledge among surgeons that this condition may follow splenectomy. In fact, local thrombosis ...

Demonstration of portal-vein patency is essential before ... contrast material it may be necessary to do a combined selective injection of the splenic and superior mesenteric arteries for optimal ...

PVT can be classified as (1) thrombosis of the portal vein only, distal to the splenic and superior mesenteric vein confluence; (2) thrombosis of the portal vein that extends into the superior ...

Of the specific vascular lesions observed, stenosis of the splenic vein was found in 22 patients, stenosis of the superior mesenteric-portal vein in 13 patients (Fig. 1) and thrombosis inside the ...