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**This is usually due to [[cirrhosis]] that in turn is most often due to [[alcoholism]]. | **This is usually due to [[cirrhosis]] that in turn is most often due to [[alcoholism]]. | ||
*Usually a clinical [[diagnosis]]. | *Usually a clinical [[diagnosis]]. | ||
*Major cause of death in cirrhotics.<ref name=pmid21086193>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tsochatzis | first1 = EA. | last2 = Triantos | first2 = CK. | last3 = Garcovich | first3 = M. | last4 = Burroughs | first4 = AK. | title = Primary prevention of variceal hemorrhage. | journal = Curr Gastroenterol Rep | volume = 13 | issue = 1 | pages = 3-9 | month = Feb | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s11894-010-0160-x | PMID = 21086193 }}</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
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Note: | Note: | ||
At [[autopsy]] its best demonstrated by inversion of the esophagus.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto140>{{Ref HospAuto|140}}</ref> | *At [[autopsy]] its best demonstrated by inversion of the esophagus.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto140>{{Ref HospAuto|140}}</ref> | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esophageal_varices_-_wale.jpg Esophageal varices - endoscopy (WC)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Large dilated [[blood vessels]]. | *Large dilated submucosal [[blood vessels|veins]] - '''key feature'''. | ||
*+/-Blood. | |||
=Preneoplastic= | =Preneoplastic= | ||