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Images show extrahepatic venous drainage (arrows) of this mass into the gastric varices, which ultimately drains into the portal venous system via the left gastric vein. The presence of isolated gastric varices may be explained by the impaired venous drainage from previous ligation of the splenic vein (a–c).
