Noun: left gastric vein
- Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
"The radiologist identified varices in the left gastric vein, a common complication of portal hypertension";
- vena gastrica sinistra
Derived forms: left gastric veins
Type of: gastric vein, vena gastrica
Encyclopedia: Left gastric vein