“…These findings suggest that endoabdominal collateralization and spleen enlargement may bear an inverse relationship with each other, and be of some value in understanding the reason(s) why the size of the spleen does not correspond directly to the degree of portal hypertension, as pointed out by other authors (Panke, Moreno, and Rousselot, 1960;Shaldon, 1962;Patrassi, Dalpalu, and Rual, 1961). In the present study within certain limits splenomegaly and collateralization of intraabdominal veins seem to be alternative phenomena.…”