Medical Definition of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign
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A murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae, resulting from portal hypertension, usually with hepatic cirrhosis; recanalization of the umbilical vein with reverse blood flow from the liver into the abdominal wall veins creates the murmur.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten Sign
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