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Oesophageal varices without bleeding in hepatic fibrosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Oesophageal varices without bleeding in hepatic fibrosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1906812546

These are extremely dilated sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the oesophagus without bleeding in chronic liver disease characterised by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules (lumps that occur as a result of a process in which damaged tissue is regenerated), leading to loss of liver function.