title: Anteriorly placed splenic vein: a case report.
abstract: Splenic vein located anterior to pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly. To date, only one case has been reported in literature. A thorough knowledge of the normal anatomy, most frequent variations, and congenital and acquired anomalies of the spleno-portal axis is of great importance for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeons. It is therefore essential for preoperative evaluation of the anatomical details of the spleno-portal venous axis to be made by imaging. We report such a case of anteriorly placed splenic vein in a 40-year-old female prospective renal donor. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the second reported case of an anteriorly placed splenic vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute and Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226014 India.
authors.forename: Hira
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radio-diagnosis, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam India.
authors.forename: Deb K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Boruah
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute and Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226014 India.
authors.forename: Ankusha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute and Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226014 India.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samal
keywords: Computed tomography (CT); Malrotation; Omental bursa; Splenic vein (SV); Superior mesenteric vein (SMV)