Left hepatic vein

[TA] vein draining the medial segment [IV] and the left lateral segments [II & III] of the liver, a single or paired trunk of variable size that usually (90% of the time) merges with the middle hepatic vein before entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. SYN: venae hepaticae sinistrae [TA].

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