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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

MRI scan is helpful in the diagnosis of splenic vein thrombosis

MRI findings

MRI of the splenic vein thrombosis shows:

• Severly attenuated and partially calcified retropancreatic splenic vein resulting in formation of a prominent gastroepiploic collateral channel ( arrow heads) between the superior mesenteric vein and the remnant splenic vein at splenic hilum( solid arrow) along the greater curvature of stomach.