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Abstract
Introduction: Identify the causes of portal hypertension and how to diagnose it. The aim of work: : to assess the most ideal least invasive method as regard, suppling most accurate medical data describing the patient’s condition in manner makes it most dependable in diagnosis. Research Plan: Evaluation of portal hypertension in children with esophageal varices by measuring liver and spleen stiffness. Results: The study resulted in a statistically indicative relationship to the measure of liver and spleen stiffness and its ability to distinguish between the presence of portal hypertension from its absence, esophageal varices the small size from the large, the presence of cirrhosis from its absence, the presence of hypersplenism from its absence, the patient who shows symptoms of the disease who does not appear. References: International magazines of gastroenterology and hepatology diseases. Abstract: non invasive evaluation of PH by assessing liver and spleen stiffness and comparing its results with the results of the already performed upper GI endoscopy of the same patient which reveals the presence of EV and its grade as a sure sign of PH. Conclusion: liver and spleen stiffness measurement will help to decrease the need for performing upper GI endoscopy in diagnosis of PH in pediatrics.