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- Title
A case of fatal cutaneous caput medusae hemorrhage.
- Authors
Melas, Nikolaos; Haji Younes, Amil; Magnusson, Peter
- Abstract
Key Clinical Message: Alcoholic liver cirrhosis leads to portal venous hypertension, which can result in a caput medusae formation. Life‐threatening hemorrhage from a ruptured caput medusae vein is a rare complication. It is crucial to stop the bleeding promptly. A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is considered potentially lifesaving. Alcoholic liver cirrhosis leads to portal venous hypertension, which can result in a caput medusae formation. Life‐threatening hemorrhage from a ruptured caput medusae vein is a rare complication. It is crucial to stop the bleeding promptly. A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is considered potentially lifesaving.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGE; PORTAL hypertension; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; ESOPHAGEAL varices
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2019, Vol 7, Issue 3, p452
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.1996