These act as an important portacaval anastomosis in severe portal hypertension, resulting in a caput medusae presentation.
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This spares the portal venous system from high pressure which can cause esophageal varices, caput medusae, and hemorrhoids.
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Signs of portal hypertension include those of chronic liver disease : ascites, esophageal varices, spider nevi, caput medusae, and palmar erythema.
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A virus Euphorbia caput medusae latent virus is so divergent from the other members of the geminiviruses that a new genus has been proposed for it.
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"' Caput medusae "', also known as "'palm tree sign "', is the appearance of distended and engorged superficial epigastric veins, which are seen radiating from the Latin for " head of Medusa " ) originates from the apparent similarity to Medusa's head, which had venomous snakes in place of hair.
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