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Is It Possible To Have Oesophageal Varices Without Liver Cirrhosis?

Can it be possible to have oesophogeal varices (treated six weeks ago with banding) and NOT have cirrhosis? The latter has not been mentioned. Everywhere on the net seems to connect it with cirrhosis. Partner who had this bleeding was an abuser of alcohol until stopping six weeks ago, vomiting blood and black stools.
posted on Sat, 23 Aug 2014
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Hi there,
Thanks for using HCM.
Esophageal varices is a complication of portal hypertension.
Liver cirrhosis is just one of the causes of portal hypertension.
There are other causes of portal hypertension with a normal liver like extrahepatic portal hypertension.

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Is It Possible To Have Oesophageal Varices Without Liver Cirrhosis?

Hi there, Thanks for using HCM. Esophageal varices is a complication of portal hypertension. Liver cirrhosis is just one of the causes of portal hypertension. There are other causes of portal hypertension with a normal liver like extrahepatic portal hypertension. Is this answer helpful?