An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man

An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man

A middle aged man of 50 years presented with features of portal hypertension without any features of liver decompensation or cirrhosis, found to have abnormal flow pattern in peri-umbilical vein, confirmed by Doppler to have a patent left umbilical vein. This represents a very treatable cause of por...

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Main Author: Anubhav Thukral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara 2011-05-01
Series:Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
portal hypertension; periumbilical vein
Online Access:https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/3780
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spelling doaj-7fe7df8d2098478b862ec474acbd38652020-11-25T03:12:06ZengManipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaAsian Journal of Medical Sciences2467-91002091-05762011-05-01216364https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i1.3780An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old manAnubhav Thukral 0Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, VaranasiA middle aged man of 50 years presented with features of portal hypertension without any features of liver decompensation or cirrhosis, found to have abnormal flow pattern in peri-umbilical vein, confirmed by Doppler to have a patent left umbilical vein. This represents a very treatable cause of portal hypertension as ligation of vein may result in complete reversal of disease process. The case also outlines importance of routine general examination like of seeing the direction of flow in periumbilical veins even in obvious cases of portal hypertension that helped us in detection of this case.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/3780portal hypertension; periumbilical vein
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An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
portal hypertension; periumbilical vein
author_facet Anubhav Thukral
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title An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
title_short An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
title_full An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
title_fullStr An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
title_full_unstemmed An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
title_sort interesting case of cruveilhier-baumgarten disease: persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man
publisher Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara
series Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
issn 2467-9100
2091-0576
publishDate 2011-05-01
description A middle aged man of 50 years presented with features of portal hypertension without any features of liver decompensation or cirrhosis, found to have abnormal flow pattern in peri-umbilical vein, confirmed by Doppler to have a patent left umbilical vein. This represents a very treatable cause of portal hypertension as ligation of vein may result in complete reversal of disease process. The case also outlines importance of routine general examination like of seeing the direction of flow in periumbilical veins even in obvious cases of portal hypertension that helped us in detection of this case.
topic portal hypertension; periumbilical vein
url https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/3780
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