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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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From: Assessment of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients: accuracy of multi-detector computed tomography

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A 63-year-old female with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. MDCT portal phase, Axial images (a, b, e) showed esophageal varices seen as enhancing dotes in the mucosa and sub-mucosa of the esophageal wall (yellow arrow, a) and para esophageal collaterals (white arrow, a), multiple tortuous gastric varices causing gastric wall thickening (white arrow, b), perisplenic collaterals (arrow, e). Coronal images (c, d) showed dilated main portal vein, dilated main coronary vein which communicating gastric veins with main portal vein (arrow, d). UGIT endoscopy confirmed grade II EVs. Two months later, patient experienced UGIT bleeding and received endoscopic variceal ligation

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