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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The gastrosplenic ligament

 

The gastrosplenic ligament (also known as the ligamentum gastrosplenicum or gastrolienal ligament) is part of the greater omentum.

The gastrosplenic ligament is made of visceral peritoneum.  It connects the greater curvature of stomach with the hilum of the spleen.

It contains the short gastric arteriesshort gastric veins, the left gastroepiploic artery, and the left gastroepiploic vein

Development

Embryonically, the gastrosplenic ligament is derived from the dorsal mesogastrium

During portal  or splenic vein thrombosis, the collateral circulation establishes at various sites, the gastrosplenic ligament is one of those sites. 

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