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Fig. 4A —45-year-old woman with grade 4 esophageal and paraesophageal
varices before undergoing liver transplantation. Preoperative CT scan obtained
at level of lower esophagus during portal venous phase shows tortuous enhanced
esophageal (asterisk) and paraesophageal (arrows) varices.
Largest diameters of esophageal and paraesophageal varices are 8.9 and 8 mm,
respectively, and number of both varices on transverse image is more than
four. Therefore, final variceal grade recorded by two radiologists was 4 for
both varices.
