title: "Downhill" oesophagus varices: a clue to a serious disease.
abstract: Downhill oesophagus varices are rarely observed. In this report a patient is described with downhill oesophagus varices in the absence of the vena cava superior syndrome. The observation of these varices was the clue to the diagnosis of a serious disease: a malignant thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schouten
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: van Deursen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed