Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign


Cru·veil·hier-Baum·gar·ten mur·mur

(krū-vāl-yā' bahm'gar-tĕn), a venous murmur heard over collateral veins, connecting portal and caval venous systems, on the abdominal wall.
See also: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign. Synonym(s): Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign

Cru·veil·hier-Baum·gar·ten sign

, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur (krū-vāl-yā' bowm'gahr-ten sīn, krū-vāl-yā' bowm'gahr-ten mŭr'mŭr) A murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae, resulting from portal hypertension, usually with hepatic cirrhosis; recanalization of the umbilical vein with reverse blood flow from the liver into the abdominal wall veins creates the murmur.

Cruveilhier,

Jean, French pathologist and anatomist, 1791-1874. Cruveilhier atrophyCruveilhier disease - Synonym(s): Lou Gehrig diseaseCruveilhier fascia - Synonym(s): superficial fascia of perineumCruveilhier fossa - a longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate. Synonym(s): fossa navicularis Cruveilhier; scaphoid fossaCruveilhier joint - a pivot synovial joint between the dens of the axis and the ring formed by the anterior arch and the transverse ligament of the atlas. Synonym(s): median atlantoaxial jointCruveilhier ligaments - the counterparts in the foot of the palmar ligaments in the hand. Synonym(s): plantar ligamentsCruveilhier nodulesCruveilhier palsy - Synonym(s): Lou Gehrig diseaseCruveilhier plexus - a nerve plexus formed by communications between the dorsal primary rami of the first three cervical nerves.Cruveilhier sign - palpable groin swelling noted when patient coughs.Cruveilhier tumorCruveilhier ulcerCruveilhier-Baumgarten disease - Synonym(s): Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndromeCruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur - a venous murmur heard over collateral veins, connecting portal and caval venous systems, on the abdominal wall.Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign - a murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae.Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome - cirrhosis of the liver with patent umbilical or paraumbilical veins and varicose periumbilical veins (caput medusae). Synonym(s): Cruveilhier-Baumgarten diseasefossa navicularis Cruveilhier - Synonym(s): Cruveilhier fossa

Baumgarten,

Paul Clemens von, German pathologist, 1848-1928. Baumgarten glands - Synonym(s): Henle glandsBaumgarten veins - nonobliterated remnants of the vena umbilicalis.Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease - Synonym(s): Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndromeCruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur - see under CruveilhierCruveilhier-Baumgarten sign - see under CruveilhierCruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome - see under Cruveilhier