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This photograph taken from still another patient at autopsy demonstrates the esophageal varices in the distal esophagus (arrows). The esophagus was clamped before removing the esophagus from the body in order to trap the blood in these distended varice...
This photograph taken from still another patient at autopsy demonstrates the esophageal varices in the distal esophagus (arrows). The esophagus was clamped before removing the esophagus from the body in order to trap the blood in these distended varices. It is obvious how easily these thin-walled superficial varices could rupture and bleed.