RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
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Bleeding esophageal varices; Bleeding oesophageal varices; Esophageal Varices; Esophageal and Gastric Varices; Gastric Varices; Gastric Varix; esophageal varices in disease classified elsewhere, with bleeding; esophageal varices with bleeding; esophageal varices with bleeding in disease EC; esophageal varices without bleeding; esophageal varices without mention of bleeding