[Antral varices in a patient in sclerosing treatment of esophageal varices]. / Varices antrales en paciente en programa de esclerosis de varices esofágicas.

Descriptions of antral varices are very rare in the literature and there are no previous descriptions of this entity occurring after endoscopic sclerosis of esophageal varices. We present a 48-year-old patient with portal hypertension due to alcoholic liver cirrhosis in whom antral varices were demonstrated in the course of the fourth sclerotherapy session for his esophageal varices, when these had decreased dramatically in size. We review the radiological and endoscopic aspects.

[Gigantic esophageal ulcer associated with a cytomegalovirus in an HIV positive patient]. / Ulcera esofágica gigante asociada a citomegalovirus en paciente HIV positivo.

The authors report and HIV positive patient whose first manifestation of AIDS was the appearance of a giant esophageal ulcer due to cytomegalovirus. We comment on the frequency, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and endoscopic aspects of esophageal cytomegalovirus affectation.