Splenic vein

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The splenic vein drains the spleen, part of the pancreas, and part of the stomach.

The splenic vein is formed by splenic tributaries emerging at the splenic hilum in the splenorenal ligament at the tip of the tail of pancreas. It runs in the splenorenal ligament in close association with the splenic artery.

Behind the neck of the pancreas, it confluences with the superior mesenteric vein to form the portal vein.

superiorly: splenic artery
anteriorly: pancreas
posteriorly: left kidney, left crus of diaphragm (separated by left renal vessels), left psoas muscle, left sympathetic trunk, and the abdominal aorta (separated by superior mesenteric artery and left renal vein)

-<li>posteriorly: left <a href="/articles/kidneys">kidney</a>, left crus of <a href="/articles/diaphragm">diaphragm </a>(separated by left renal vessels), left <a title="Psoas muscle" href="/articles/psoas-major-1">psoas muscle</a>, left <a title="Sympathetic chain" href="/articles/sympathetic-chain-1">sympathetic trunk</a>, and the <a href="/articles/abdominal-aorta-1">abdominal aorta</a> (separated by <a href="/articles/superior-mesenteric-artery">superior mesenteric artery</a> and left <a href="/articles/renal-vein">renal vein</a>)</li>
+<li>posteriorly: left <a href="/articles/kidneys">kidney</a>, left crus of <a href="/articles/diaphragm">diaphragm </a>(separated by left renal vessels), left <a href="/articles/psoas-major-1">psoas muscle</a>, left <a href="/articles/sympathetic-chain-1">sympathetic trunk</a>, and the <a href="/articles/abdominal-aorta-1">abdominal aorta</a> (separated by <a href="/articles/superior-mesenteric-artery">superior mesenteric artery</a> and left <a href="/articles/renal-vein">renal vein</a>)</li>
~~-<li>pancreatic veins</li>~~
+<li><a title="Pancreatic veins" href="/articles/pancreatic-veins">pancreatic veins</a></li>