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 ==Esophageal varices==
-===General===
+{{Main|Esophageal varices}}
-*Arise due to [[portal hypertension]].
-**This is usually due to [[cirrhosis]] that in turn is most often due to [[alcoholism]].
-*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===
-*Prominent blood vessels in the distal eosphagus.
-Note:
-*At [[autopsy]] its best demonstrated by inversion of the esophagus.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto140>{{Ref HospAuto|140}}</ref>
-Image:
-*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esophageal_varices_-_wale.jpg Esophageal varices - endoscopy (WC)].
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Large dilated submucosal [[blood vessels|veins]] - '''key feature'''.
-*+/-Blood.
-Image:
-*[http://www.pathguy.com/sol/15419.jpg Esophageal varix (pathguy.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm]. Accessed on: 24 April 2013.</ref>
 ==Acute esophagitis==