what are esophageal varices
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Esophageal varices Esophageal varices. Esophageal varices (sometimes spelled oesophageal varices) are extremely dilated sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the esophagus. They are most often a consequence of portal hypertension, commonly due to cirrhosis; patients with esophageal varices have a strong tendency to develop bleeding.
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Esophageal Ulcers Esophageal Ulcers are defined as open sores or lesions in the lining of the esophagus (the tube that carries food from your throat to your stomach). These ulcers usually cause pain that is felt behind or just below your breastbone, similar to the area where you would feel heartburn symptoms.
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Esophageal Varices Bleeding esophageal varices can result in a very large amount of blood loss and many units of blood may need to be transfused. Once the bleeding is controlled, treatment is done to try to prevent more bleeding in the future.
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Esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer (or oesophageal cancer) is cancer arising from the esophagus —the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss.
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- Tracheoesophageal fistula is an abnormal connection in one or more places between the esophagus (the tube that leads from the throat to the stomach) and the trachea (the tube that leads from the throat to the windpipe and lungs). Normally, the esophagus and the trachea are two separate tubes that are not connected.
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EGD - Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Back to Top What Abnormal Results Mean. An abnormal EGD may be the result of: 1  Celiac disease. 2  Esophageal rings. 3  Esophageal varices (swollen veins in the lining of the esophagus caused by liver cirrhosis). 4  Esophagitis (when the lining of the esophagus becomes inflamed or swollen).
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Sclerotherapy for esophageal varices Sclerotherapy for esophageal varices has a 20-40% incidence of complications and a 1–2% mortality rate. The procedure controls acute bleeding in about 90% of patients, but it may have to be repeated within the first 48 hours to achieve this success rate.
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Esophageal dysphagia Esophageal stricture, or narrowing of the esophagus, is usually a complication of acid reflux, most commonly due to gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). These patients are usually older and have had GERD for a long time.
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Esophageal Varices This is called portal hypertension. Less common causes of portal hypertension and esophageal varices include blood clots in the veins leading to and from the liver and schistosomiasis. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that can clog up the liver, causing pressure to back up in the portal vein.
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Outlook Not Bright for Patients With Bleeding Oesophageal Varices Bleeding from oesophageal varices secondary to portal hypertension is a medical emergency with a high mortality rate. Although optimal medical therapy in the emergency setting can improve the outlook, survival is often determined by the severity of the underlying liver disease. follow-up therapy to prevent rebleeding.
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EGD Test (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) Esophageal rings are an abnormal growth of tissue that occurs where your esophagus joins your stomach. Esophageal varices are swollen veins within the lining of your esophagus. A hiatal hernia is a disorder that causes a portion of your stomach to bulge through the opening in your diaphragm.
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Esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss.
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Digestive Problems and Bleeding Varices Varices are dilated blood vessels in the esophagus or stomach caused by portal hypertension. They cause no symptoms unless they rupture and bleed, which can be life-threatening. Someone with symptoms of bleeding varices should seek treatment immediately. A liver transplant may be done in cases of end-stage liver disease. 2  Devascularization. 3  A surgical procedure that removes the bleeding varices. 4  This procedure is done when a TIPS or a surgical shunt isn't possible or unsuccessful in controlling the bleeding.
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Varicose veins Varicose veins. For other uses, see Varices. Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux).
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Update on gastric varices Gastric varices occur in around 20% of patients with portal hypertension, mostly secondary to liver cirrhosis[1]. Although they bleed less frequently than oesophageal varices, gastric variceal bleeding tends to be more severe with a reported mortality of approximately 45%. In this review, we describe the causes, classification and management of gastric variceal bleeding.
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Esophageal Varices This back up causes high blood pressure in the portal vein and other nearby veins. This is called portal hypertension. Less common causes of portal hypertension and esophageal varices include blood clots in the veins leading to and from the liver and schistosomiasis.
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Treatment for Esophageal Varices Treatments involving lowering the high portal blood pressure can decrease the occurrence of esophageal varices. Such treatments are called preventive treatments. The major objective of this treatment is to stop the varices from breaking and leaking blood. The below mentioned are the common preventive treatments for esophageal varices: Reduction of pressure in portal vein by drugs. The high blood pressure in portal veins is brought down by beta blockers and it reduces the probability of bleeding. Some of the beta blockers that are used to treat portal hypertension are nadolol and propranolol. Band ligation. The endoscopic band ligation approach is carried out for the patients with esophageal varices.
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Outlook Not Bright for Patients With Bleeding Oesophageal Varices Varices a Complication of Cirrhosis…. Oesophageal varices secondary to portal hypertension is one of the complications of alcoholic liver cirrhosis. [3]In patients with portal hypertension, blood from the gastrointestinal tract can reach the systemic circulation by bypassing the liver through veins around the stomach.
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Esophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis Coding and Physician Language: , February 7, 2007. 1  Esophageal varices occur when a patient's lower esophageal veins become distended and twisted, causing bleeding. 2  Esophageal varices are commonly due to portal hypertension, but they can also be caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
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Picture of the Esophagus 1 Mallory-Weiss tear: Vomiting or retching creates a tear in the lining of the esophagus. 2  The esophagus bleeds into the stomach, often followed by vomiting blood. 3  Esophageal varices: In people with cirrhosis, veins in the esophagus may become engorged and bulge.
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What Is Portal Hypertension? Varices are directly caused by portal hypertension. When the blood flow in the liver is obstructed, the blood can become backed up into the intersections of the portal venous system (the system of veins transporting blood between the digestive system and liver) and the systemic venous system (the system of veins that returns blood to the heart).
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Bleeding esophageal varices Tests to find the source of the bleeding and determine if there is active bleeding include: 1  EGD or upper endoscopy, which involves the use of a camera on a flexible tube to examine the esophagus and stomach. 2  Insertion of a tube through the nose into the stomach (nasogastric tube) to look for signs of bleeding.
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Varicose veins Varicose veins. For other uses, see Varices. Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux). Leg muscles pump the veins to return blood to the heart (the skeletal-muscle pump), against the effects of gravity.
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Complications of Cirrhosis Portal hypertension is associated with splenomegaly and hence hypersplenism and the development of collateral vessels lining the esophagus and stomach, producing varices. Esophageal varices and, less often, gastric varices are particularly prone to bleeding, which is often massive.