Splenic vein

What is Splenic vein?

The splenic vein is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen.It joins with the superior mesenteric vein, to form the hepatic portal vein and follows a course superior to the pancreas.

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Hello sir ,
For my aunt in ultrasound of abdomen the results ra like this
-liver diffusely coarse in echotexture-suggestive of chronic liver...

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Her reports suggests that
Liver is diffusely coarse in echo texture.Normally liver is homogeneous in echo...

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Healthy 26 year old diagnosed with total obstruction from clots in portal vein, splenic vein, and right portion of portal vein in liver. All these...

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Hello and thanks you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein and I will try to help you as much as I can with my answer.
I need to admit that It is very...

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Dr. Narasi...here is my question. Though I'm aware the spleen is composed of blood vessels, and there is a splenic artery that runs from spleen to...

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The blood supply to the spleen is composed of :

- splenic artery
-...

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