CLINICAL AND ULTRASOUND DATA IN CRUVEILHI ER-BAUMGARTEN CIRRHOSIS - AREVIEW OF 7 CASES

Seven patients with Cruveilhier-Baumgarten cirrhosis were seen in Tira na over the last nine years. All were male. Among the three patients w ith onset of symptoms during childhood, two had digital clubbing, enla rgement of the spleen and hypersplenism. Umbilical caput medusae swell ing was seen in six patients. A thrill and venous hums were found in e very case. Ultrasonography documented persistence of the umbilical vei n or a dilated umbilical vein recess with paraumbilical veins. Doppler studies showed routing of blood away from the liver. These ultrasonog raphically-documented cases illustrate the features of this rare condi tion.