Left gastric vein

The left gastric vein (or coronary vein) is a vein carrying deoxygenated blood that derives from tributaries draining both surfaces of the stomach; it runs from right to left along the lesser curvature of the stomach, between the two layers of the lesser omentum, to the esophageal opening of the stomach, where it receives some esophageal veins.

Left gastric vein
The portal vein and its tributaries.
Details
Drains fromlesser curvature of the stomach
Drains toportal vein
Identifiers
Latinvena gastrica sinistra
TAA12.3.12.015
FMA15399
Anatomical terminology

It then turns backward and passes from left to right behind the omental bursa and drains into the portal vein. Thus, it acts as collaterals between the portal veins and the systemic venous system of the lower esophagus (azygous vein).

Esophageal and paraesophageal varices are supplied primarily by the left gastric vein (due to flow reversal) and typically drain into the azygos/hemiazygos venous system.[1]

References

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

  1. Siegelman, E.: "Body MRI", page 47. Saunders, 2004


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