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Cirrhosis Umbilical Port Risk
Fig. 1: The patient’s computed tomography shown: Atrophic change of liver with nodular surface suggests cirrhosis. Dilated tortuous recanalized
paraumbilical vein along midline of anterior abdomen (thick arrow), draining from left portal vein into bilateral inferior epigastric vessels. Tumor
(arrow head) and umbilicus (thin arrow) were also demonstrated. Esophageal varices are also noted
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