Left gastric vein

Left gastric vein
Left gastric vein
	The portal vein and its tributaries, the left gastric vein is labelled as the coronary vein
Details
Drains from	Lesser curvature of the stomach
Drains to	Portal vein
Identifiers
Latin	vena gastrica sinistra
TA98	A12.3.12.015
TA2	5110
FMA	15399
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The left gastric vein (or coronary vein) is a vein that derives from tributaries draining the lesser curvature of the stomach.^[1]

Structure

The left gastric vein runs from right to left along the lesser curvature of the stomach.^[2] It passes to the esophageal opening of the stomach, where it receives some esophageal veins.^[2] It then turns backward and passes from left to right behind the omental bursa. It drains into the portal vein near the superior border of the pancreas.^[2]

Function

The left gastric vein drains deoxygenated blood from the lesser curvature of the stomach.^[2] It also acts as collaterals between the portal vein and the systemic venous system of the lower esophagus (azygos vein).^{[citation needed]}^[3]

Clinical significance

The esophageal branch of the left gastric vein drains into the azygos vein. In cases of portal hypertension, this communication allows for blood to bypass the portal vein and reach systemic circulation. As a result of this anastomosis, development of esophageal and paraesophageal varices is possible.^[3]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 682 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ Hackert, T; Weitz, J; Büchler, MW (April 2015). "Reinsertion of the gastric coronary vein to avoid venous gastric congestion in pancreatic surgery". HPB. 17 (4): 368–70. doi:10.1111/hpb.12321. PMC 4368403. PMID 25059096.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chiva, Luis M.; Magrina, Javier (2018-01-01), Ramirez, Pedro T.; Frumovitz, Michael; Abu-Rustum, Nadeem R. (eds.), "Chapter 2 - Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy", Principles of Gynecologic Oncology Surgery, Elsevier, pp. 3–49, doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-42878-1.00002-x, ISBN 978-0-323-42878-1, retrieved 2021-01-24
^ ^a ^b Snell, Richard S. (2012). Clinical Anatomy By Regions (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-1-60913-446-4.

External links

stomach at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (portalvein)

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[Hackert-1] Hackert, T; Weitz, J; Büchler, MW (April 2015). "Reinsertion of the gastric coronary vein to avoid venous gastric congestion in pancreatic surgery". HPB. 17 (4): 368–70. doi:10.1111/hpb.12321. PMC 4368403. PMID 25059096.

[:0-2] Chiva, Luis M.; Magrina, Javier (2018-01-01), Ramirez, Pedro T.; Frumovitz, Michael; Abu-Rustum, Nadeem R. (eds.), "Chapter 2 - Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy", Principles of Gynecologic Oncology Surgery, Elsevier, pp. 3–49, doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-42878-1.00002-x, ISBN 978-0-323-42878-1, retrieved 2021-01-24

[:1-3] Snell, Richard S. (2012). Clinical Anatomy By Regions (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-1-60913-446-4.

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