Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease

English

Etymology

First described by Pégot in 1833, and then by Jean Cruveilhier (1835) and Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (1907).

Noun

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease (uncountable)

  1. A rare medical condition in which the umbilical or paraumbilical veins are distended, with an abdominal wall bruit (the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit) and palpable thrill, portal hypertension with splenomegaly, hypersplenism and oesophageal varices, with a normal or small liver.
    Synonyms: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome, Pégot-Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
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