Parts:
Tributaries:
Points to remember:
Tributaries of splenic vein:
Tributaries of inferior mesenteric vein:
Tributaries of superior mesenteric vein:
Sites of Portocaval Anastomoses
Site | Portal vein | Systemic vein | Portal hypertension |
Abdominal esophagus | Esophageal tributaries of left gastric vein | Esophageal tributaries of accessory hemiazygos vein | Esophageal varices |
Umbilicus | Paraumbilical vein | Superficial epigastric vein | Caput medusae |
Anal canal | Superior rectal vein | Middle and Inferior rectal vein | Hemorrhoids |
Bare area of liver | Hepatic venules | Phrenic and intercostal veins | |
Posterior abdominal wall | Twigs of colic vein | Retroperitoneal vein |