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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]

Overview

Patients suffering from gastrointestinal varices may present with other co-morbid conditions which lead to portal hypertension. Chronic liver disease and portal vein thrombosis commonly lead to the development of gastrointestinal varices. Patients with a family history of venous abnormalities, hypercoaguable states, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (may lead to hepatic fibrosis), nephronophthisis 1, Joubert syndrome and related disorders 5, cranioectodermal dysplasia (Sensenbrenner syndrome), Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal varices. Non-bleeding gastrointestinal varices do not produce any symptoms, however bleeding gastrointestinal varices may lead to hematemesis, abdominal pain, lightheadedness, loss of consciousness, melena, bloody stools (in severe cases), shock (in case of loss of a large volume of blood).

History

Patients suffering from gastrointestinal varices may present with other co-morbid conditions which lead to portal hypertension. Patients may have the following history findings:

Family history

Patients with a family history of the following may be more prone to develop varices:[1][2][3][4][5][2]

Past medical

Patients with following findings on past medical history may have a higher chance of developing gastrointestinal varices:[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Social history

Patients may have the following social history findings:

  • Chronic alcohol intake
  • Poor adherence to medications
  • Smokers are more prone to develop bleeding of varices

Symptoms

Non-bleeding gastrointestinal varices do not produce any symptoms, however bleeding gastrointestinal varices may lead to the following symptoms:

Common symptoms

Common symptoms of bleeding gastrintestinal varices include the following:[12][13][14][15][16][17]

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