"origin and termination: forms from superficial veins in the anterior abdominal wall, drains into the axillary vein anteromedial to the thoracodorsal pedicle 4,5"
"The lateral thoracic vein (TA: vena thoracica lateralis) is a tributary of the axillary vein. It provides venous drainage for the axilla, anterolateral chest wall, including serratus anterior and pectoralis muscles and breast, and the supraumbilical abdominal wall."
"location: anterior chest and abdominal walls, breast, axilla"
"origin and termination: forms from superficial veins in the anterior abdominal wall, drains into the axillary vein anteromedial to the thoracodorsal pedicle 4,5"
"drainage: serratus anterior and pectoralis muscles"
"tributaries: thoracoepigastric vein, superficial veins of breast, axilla, and abdominal wall"
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"Terminology"
"variable drainage patterns, most commonly (~85%) the lateral thoracic vein drains directly into the axillary vein; in a minority of patients the lateral thoracic vein merges with other small veins first, most commonly this is the subscapular vein 4,5"