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Fig. 1D. —78-year-old woman with pancreas body carcinoma. Drawing shows
left-to-right direction of blood flow. When proximal splenic vein is
obstructed, splenic venous flow runs into inferior mesenteric vein, left
transverse colic vein, marginal vein along transverse colon, then middle colic
vein (M), ending at superior mesenteric vein. X indicates location of venous
obstruction and arrows indicate direction of blood flow. RGV = right gastric
vein, LGV = left gastric vein, SGV = short gastric vein, IMV = inferior
mesenteric vein, GEV = gastroepiploic vein, EV = epiploic vein, MV = marginal
vein along transverse colon, GCT = gastrocolic trunk, LTCV = left transverse
colic vein, SP = spleen, ST = stomach.
