Large Gastric Varices (4 of 4)

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Large Gastric Varices (4 of 4)
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Gastroenterology

Case description

This image and the video clip was obtained with magnifying endoscope. Gastric varices develop in patients with portal hypertension , including liver cirrhosis, idiopathic portal hypertension as well as left sided-local portal hypertension such as splenic vein thrombosis or splenic AV malformation. The inflow vein is the left gastric vein, posterior vein, or short gastric vein, while the outflow vein is the gastro-renal shunt in most of the patients with gastric varices. The form of the gastric varices is classified into three types of venous dilatation; tortuous type, notched type and tumor type according to the shape and size of the varices.

tags: varices portal hypertension cirrhosis splenic veins

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