Diagnosaurus
Esophageal varices
DDx
- Alcoholic gastritis
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome
- Portal hypertensive gastropathy
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Gastric or duodenal varices (rare)
- Vascular ectasias (angiodysplasias), eg, idiopathic arteriovenous malformation (AVM), CREST syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Esophageal Varices." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114471/all/Esophageal_varices.
Zeiger RFR. Esophageal varices. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114471/all/Esophageal_varices. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Esophageal varices. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114471/all/Esophageal_varices
Zeiger RFR. Esophageal Varices [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114471/all/Esophageal_varices.
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