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Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 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.

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Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome, Pégot-Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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