Varices

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Bleeding from gastroesophageal varices is the most common and lethal complication of portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis.
Because the blood pressure inside the varices is higher than inside normal blood vessels, and the walls of the vessels are thin, they rupture easily and can bleed profusely.
How does it occur? The most common cause of esophageal varices is scarring of the liver.
Bleeding from varices is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension.
Oesophageal Varices Dilatation of oesophageal veins due to porto-systemic anastomosis caused by portal hypertension.
Gastric Varices are much less common cause of varicealhemorrhage than esophageal ones; but are important torecognize as the source of bleeding because theirmanagement is different.
These are known as esophageal varices.

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