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CRUVEILHIER-BAUMGARTEN SIGN

A murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae, resulting from portal hypertension, generally with hepatic cirrhosis; recanalization of the umbilical vein with reverse blood flow from the liver into the abdominal wall veins creates the murmur.
basal lamina of neural tube   basal lamina of semicircular duct   basal layer   basal layer of choroid   basal layer of ciliary body   basal medium   basal membrane of semicircular duct   basal metabolic rate   (0)
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