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==Esophageal varices==
==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==
==Acute esophagitis==
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