Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension

Table 4

Comparison of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE).

FEATURE	PHG	GAVE
Relation with PH	Causal	Coincidental
Distribution in stomach	Mainly proximal	Mainly distal
Mosaic pattern	Present	Absent
Red color signs	Present	Present
Pathology
Thrombi	−	+++
Spindle cell proliferation	+	++
Fibrohyalinosis	−	+++
Treatment	β-adrenergic blockers; TIPS/shunt surgery	Endoscopic; Antrectomy and Billroth I; Liver transplantation

PH: portal hypertension, TIPS: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.