Varices.These are abnormally enlarged veins usually located at the lower end of the esophagus or the upper stomach. They may break open and bleed. Cirrhosis of the liver is the most common cause of esophageal varices. Learn more about the symptoms of bleeding varices. Mallory-Weiss tear.This ...
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We read with interest the data presented by Sharma et al.(l) on using spleen stiffness (SS) by transient elastog-raphy (TE) to predict esophageal varices (EV). In this study, one of the most striking findings was that although both liver stiffness (LS) and SS were almost comparable ...