Human Gene Set: HP_ABNORMAL_PORTAL_VENOUS_SYSTEM_MORPHOLOGY
Standard name
HP_ABNORMAL_PORTAL_VENOUS_SYSTEM_MORPHOLOGY
Systematic name
M47275
Brief description
Abnormal portal venous system morphology
Full description or abstract
Any structural anomaly of the portal venous sytem, which comprises all of the veins draining the abdominal part of the digestive tract, including the lower esophagus but excluding the lower anal canal. The portal vein conveys blood from viscera and ramifies like an artery at the liver, ending at the sinusoids. Tributaries of the portal vein, which make up the portal venous system, are the splenic, superior mesenteric, left gastric, right gastric, paraumbilical, and cystic veins. [PMID:11796904]
