title: Enlarged umbilical vein as a sign of portal hypertension: detection by lateral radiography.
abstract: An enlarged umbilical vein was detected on lateral chest radiographs of three patients with liver cirrhosis. It appeared as a round or lobulated shadow in fatty tissue of the anterior abdominal wall.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*