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

Authors

  • Anubhav Thukral Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • Vaibhav Srivastava Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi Subharati Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharati University, Meerut, India
  • Manish Mishra Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • Kamlaker Tripathi Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i1.3780

Keywords:

Portal hypertension, Periumbilical vein

Abstract

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.

Key Words: Portal hypertension; Periumbilical vein

DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v2i1.3780

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2 (2011) 63-64

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2011-05-15

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Thukral, A., Srivastava, V., Dwivedi, A. N. D., Mishra, M., & Tripathi, K. (2011). An interesting case of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease: Persistent left umbilical vein in a 50 year old man. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(1), 63–64. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i1.3780

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011)

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Original Articles

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