Esophageal veins

Esophageal veins
Details
ArteryEsophageal artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae oesophageales
TA98A12.3.04.011
A12.3.07.006
TA24751
FMA70834
Anatomical terminology

The esophageal veins drain blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, in the thorax, and to the inferior thyroid vein in the neck. It also drains, although with less significance, to the hemiazygos vein, posterior intercostal vein and bronchial veins.[citation needed]

In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein which drains into the portal vein.[1][2]

  1. ^ Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Azygos venous system | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  2. ^ Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Oesophagus | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.