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@mededcases.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 3:25 PM

🐍 Caput Medusae

Prominent, tortuous veins radiating from the belly button are a classic sign of portal hypertension.

These veins form as blood takes collateral pathways around increased resistance in the portal circulation.

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@mededcases.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:07 AM

🐍 Caput Medusae

These prominent veins radiating from the belly button are a clinical sign of portal hypertension.

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Caput_Medusae

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@amjtransplant.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 12:15 PM

📢 Available now—Open Access!
"Liver transplantation for refractory portal hypertension syndrome due to intrahepatic arterioportal shunts after treatment of primary hepatic choriocarcinoma: A case report," by Medio et al
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Figure 1 (A) T1 postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging with fat saturation shows multifocal, partially vascularized, predominantly hypointensive lesions of the liver. (B) No extrahepatic disease was identified on positron emission tomography–computed tomography.