A 27-year-old woman has suffered a gun- shot wound to her midabdomen. After examining the patient's angiogram, a trauma surgeon locates the source of bleeding from pairs of veins that typically terminate in the same vein. Which of the following veins are damaged?

(A) Left and right ovarian veins
(B) Left and right gastroepiploic veins
(C) Left and right colic veins
(D) Left and right suprarenal veins
(E) Left and right hepatic veins


Ans: (E) Left and right hepatic veins

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