[A man with a swelling of his navel].
A patient with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension demonstrated the rerouting of blood through the veins of the abdominal wall.
Menon
Anand G
AG
Havenziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. a.g.menon@umcutrecht.nl
van Eeghem
Lien H A
LH
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000098:blood supply*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery