Fig. 24From: All about portal vein: a pictorial display to anatomy, variants and physiopathologyEsophageal and paraesophageal varices. Portal venous phase CT axial images show paraesophageal varices (red arrow) in the mediastinum, appearing as dilated tortuous veins surrounding the outer surface of the esophageal inferior third (green arrow), and esophageal varices (blue arrow), presenting as submucosal varicose veins within the esophagus wallBack to article page