Enlarged tortuous vein with portal hypertension. High pressures in the veins cause them to distend or become engorged. In people with liver disease, the varices are usually found in the stomach, esophagus and surrounding the liver.
Enlarged and swollen veins at the bottom of the esophagus, near the stomach. A common condition caused by increased venous pressure in the liver. These veins can ulcerate and bleed.
Enlarged veins, arteries or lymph vessels.
An enlarged, dilated vein.
Large, swollen veins that develop across the stomach and esophagus that cause internal bleeding.
Dilated veins in the esophagous that appear because of portal hypertension (sever form of liver failure).
stretched veins such as those that form in the esophagus from cirrhosis.
a dilation, or widening, of a vein
Channels that usually line the oesophagus and stomach, but contain very little, or any, blood. These may become alternative pathways for blood when the blood vessels are damaged or blocked
enlarged or twisted blood or lymph vessels
Large veins n the oesophagus which may develop due to portal hypertension, and which place he individual at significant risk of bleeding into the oesophagus or stomach.
Dilated, fragile veins that are prone to bleeding because of the high pressure caused by portal hypertension. Varices typically arise at the junction of the esophagus and stomach, but can arise anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract.
(Var-ih-seez) Abnormally dialated blood vessels.
