Esophageal varices - Revision history

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	[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]		[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]
	*Common cause of death among [[Special:MyLanguage/alcoholics\|alcoholics]]		*Common cause of death among [[Special:MyLanguage/alcoholics\|alcoholics]]<ref>Garcia-Tsao G, et al. Prevention and management of gastroesophageal varices and variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2007;46(3):922-938. PMID 17879356</ref>

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	==Background==		==Background==

	[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]		[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]
	*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]		*Common cause of death among [[Special:MyLanguage/alcoholics\|alcoholics]]

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	==Clinical Features==		==Clinical Features==

	[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]		[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]
	[[File:Esophageal varices - post banding.jpg\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]		[[File:Esophageal varices - post banding.jpg\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]

	===History===		===History===
	*[[Hematemesis]]
			*[[Special:MyLanguage/Hematemesis\|Hematemesis]]
	**Coffee-ground emesis		**Coffee-ground emesis
	*[[Vomiting]] + retching followed by hematemesis is more likely Mallory-Weiss (esophageal)		*[[Special:MyLanguage/Vomiting\|Vomiting]] + retching followed by hematemesis is more likely Mallory-Weiss (esophageal)
	*Dark, tarry stools		*Dark, tarry stools
	*[[Syncope]] or pre-syncope		*[[Special:MyLanguage/Syncope\|Syncope]] or pre-syncope
	*[[Dyspepsia]], [[epigastric pain]] or heartburn		*[[Special:MyLanguage/Dyspepsia\|Dyspepsia]], [[Special:MyLanguage/epigastric pain\|epigastric pain]] or heartburn


	===Physical Exam===		===Physical Exam===
	*[[Tachycardia]], [[hypotension]]
			*[[Special:MyLanguage/Tachycardia\|Tachycardia]], [[Special:MyLanguage/hypotension\|hypotension]]
	*Liver disease		*Liver disease
	**Spider angiomata, palmar erythema, jaundice, gynecomastia		**Spider angiomata, palmar erythema, jaundice, gynecomastia
	*[[liver disease induced coagulopathy\|Coagulopathy]]		*[[Special:MyLanguage/liver disease induced coagulopathy\|Coagulopathy]]
	**[[Petechiae]]/[[purpura]]		**[[Special:MyLanguage/Petechiae\|Petechiae]]/[[Special:MyLanguage/purpura\|purpura]]
	*Melena		*Melena


	==Differential Diagnosis==		==Differential Diagnosis==

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	==Evaluation==		==Evaluation==

	[[File:Ausgepraegte langstreckige Oesophagusvarizen bei Leberzirrhose 62W - CT KM pv - 001 - Annotation.jpg\|thumb\|Pronounced esophageal varices extending superiorly cranially in liver cirrhosis. Left 3 axial slices, right sagittal.]]		[[File:Ausgepraegte langstreckige Oesophagusvarizen bei Leberzirrhose 62W - CT KM pv - 001 - Annotation.jpg\|thumb\|Pronounced esophageal varices extending superiorly cranially in liver cirrhosis. Left 3 axial slices, right sagittal.]]
	[[File:Oesophagusvarizen 02.jpg\|thumb\|]]		[[File:Oesophagusvarizen 02.jpg\|thumb\|]]
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	{{UGIB evaluation}}		{{UGIB evaluation}}
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	==Management==		==Management==

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	{{Upper GI bleed treatment}}		{{Upper GI bleed treatment}}
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	==Disposition==		==Disposition==

	*Admission		*Admission


	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Upper GI bleeding]]
	*[[Upper GI Bleed Guidelines]]		*[[Special:MyLanguage/Upper GI bleeding\|Upper GI bleeding]]
	*[[Balloon tamponade]]		*[[Special:MyLanguage/Upper GI Bleed Guidelines\|Upper GI Bleed Guidelines]]
			*[[Special:MyLanguage/Balloon tamponade\|Balloon tamponade]]


	==References==		==References==

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	{{Reflist\|2}}		{{Reflist\|2}}
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	[[Category:GI]]		[[Category:GI]]
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Background

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	*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]		*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]

			{{Sites of Portalcaval Anastomosis}}

	==Clinical Features==		==Clinical Features==

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Evaluation

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	==Evaluation==		==Evaluation==
			[[File:Ausgepraegte langstreckige Oesophagusvarizen bei Leberzirrhose 62W - CT KM pv - 001 - Annotation.jpg\|thumb\|Pronounced esophageal varices extending superiorly cranially in liver cirrhosis. Left 3 axial slices, right sagittal.]]
	[[File:Oesophagusvarizen 02.jpg\|thumb\|]]		[[File:Oesophagusvarizen 02.jpg\|thumb\|]]
	{{UGIB evaluation}}		{{UGIB evaluation}}

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	==Background==		==Background==
	~~[[File:Gray1032.png\|thumb\|Posterior view of the position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum.]]~~
	[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]		[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]
	~~[[File:Illu esophagus.jpg\|thumb\|Esophagus anatomy and nomenclature based on two systems.]]~~
	*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]		*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]

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	[[File:Gray1032.png\|thumb\|Posterior view of the position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum.]]		[[File:Gray1032.png\|thumb\|Posterior view of the position and relation of the esophagus in the cervical region and in the posterior mediastinum.]]
	[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]		[[File:Layers of the GI Tract english.svg\|thumb\|Layers of the GI track: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa.]]
			[[File:Illu esophagus.jpg\|thumb\|Esophagus anatomy and nomenclature based on two systems.]]
	*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]		*Common cause of death among [[alcoholics]]

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Clinical Features

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	==Clinical Features==		==Clinical Features==
	[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]		[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]
	[[		[[File:Esophageal varices - post banding.jpg\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]
	File:Esophageal varices - post banding.jpg\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]
	===History===		===History===
	*[[Hematemesis]]		*[[Hematemesis]]

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	==Clinical Features==		==Clinical Features==
	[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]		[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]
			[[
			File:Esophageal varices - post banding.jpg\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]
	===History===		===History===
	*[[Hematemesis]]		*[[Hematemesis]]

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	==Clinical Features==		==Clinical Features==
	[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]		[[File:Esophageal varices - wale.jpg\|thumb\|Gastroscopy image of esophageal varices with prominent cherry-red spots and "wale" signs.]]
	[[By Samir - own work, posted here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3003643\|thumb\|Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding.]]
	===History===		===History===
	*[[Hematemesis]]		*[[Hematemesis]]

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	==Evaluation==		==Evaluation==
			[[File:Oesophagusvarizen 02.jpg\|thumb\|]]
	{{UGIB evaluation}}		{{UGIB evaluation}}