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Normal Anatomy

Ileocolic vein

drains the caecum and nearby structures. Runs superiorly and to the left from the right iliac fossa adjacent to the ileocolic artery and receives the appendicular vein, some ileal veins and the right colic veins before draining into the superior mesenteric vein. See blood vessels, large intestine (II), Fig. 6, blood vessels, small intestine (II), Fig. 9, blood vessels, small intestine (II), Fig. 10

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