Umbilical haemorrhage--an unusual complication of cirrhosis.
A 59-year-old woman known to have micronodular cirrhosis presented with haemorrhage from the umbilicus. She eventually required exomphalectomy at which a huge patent umbilical vein was found and ligated. Selective coeliac and superior mesenteric angiography with late phase films confirmed a large umbilical vein filling from the left branch of the portal vein. So far as the author knows, umbilical haemorrhage as a complication of cirrhosis has never previously been reported.
D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D014471:Umbilical Veins