Caput medusae in alcoholic liver disease – case report

*Konrad Wroński^{1, 2}

Summary
Caput medusae is the symptom of portal hypertension due to cirrhosis of liver. This symptom is encountered in medical practice less and less due to earlier diagnostic and effective treatment of portal hypertension. In this article the author present a case of a man who reported to the hospital because of huge ascites due to cirrhosis of liver. After draining ascitic fluid the symptom of caput medusae was observed.

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