Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Location</td><td align="center">Postal circulation</td><td align="center">Systemic circulation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gastroesophageal junction</td><td align="center">Short gastric and left gastric (coronary) veins</td><td align="center">Azygos vein</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Rectum</td><td align="center">Superior hemorrhoidal veins</td><td align="center">Middle and inferior hemorrhoidal veins</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Umbilical (caput medusa)</td><td align="center">Left portal via a recannulated umbilical vein</td><td align="center">Epigastric venous plexus of the abdominal wall</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Retroperitoneum</td><td align="center">Mesentric veins</td><td align="center">Intercostal, phrenic, lumbar, and <br/>renal veins</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Location and blood vessels of collaterals between the portal and systemic venous circulations.

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Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension

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