Bleeding esophageal varices caused by Graves' hypervascular cervical goiter.
A 65-year-old woman presented with an episode of hematemesis and a recurrent cervical goiter due to Graves' disease. The angiogram revealed bleeding esophageal varices which had developed through a drainage vein of the vascular goiter. Total thyroidectomy resulted in eradication of the esophageal varices.
D000368:Aged; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013965:Thyroidectomy