Role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric mucosal lesions in liver cirrhosis patients

Figure 1 Portal hypertensive gastropathy. A: Mild portal hypertensive gastropathy. A mosaic mucosal pattern of the body and fundus of the stomach; B: Severe portal hypertensive gastropathy. Hemorrhages on the background of erythema foci.

Figure 2 Gastric antral vascular ectasia. A: Linear striped phenotype. Red vascular spots spiraling away from the pylorus; B: Linear striped phenotype. Hemorrhages on the background of red vascular spots spiraling away from the pylorus.

Figure 3 Gastric antral vascular ectasia. A: Diffuse phenotype. Multiple red spots spread out in a diffuse pattern along the gastric antrum; B: Diffuse phenotype in white light endoscopy; C: Diffuse phenotype in endoscopy with narrow-band imaging.

Figure 4 Portal hypertensive polyps. A: Polypoid lesion in the gastric antrum up to 1 cm in diameter with an indentation in the middle, and of a soft-elastic consistency; B: Multiple polypoid lesions in the gastric antrum on a wide base from 3 mm to 7 mm in diameter.