The frequency of ectopic varices was 43/1218 (3.5%) among portal hypertensive patients in our ward. The locations of the ectopic varices were rectal in 32, duodenal in 3, small intestinal in 2, vesical in 3, stomal in 1, and colonic in 2 patients (Table 2).Thirty-nine of 43 patients with ectopic varices had previously received emergency or prophylactic EIS for esophageal varices..