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Ascitic eruption in an umbilical hernia in cirrhosis
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  1. Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira,
  2. Rui Tato Marinho,
  3. Fernando Ramalho,
  4. José Velosa
  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical School of Lisbon, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira, alex.fsof{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-007741

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    A male patient in his mid-30s with end stage alcoholic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh C, MELD 21) was referred to our hospital due to refractory ascites. He had had several hospital admissions for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, encephalopathy and sepsis. He was submitted to an emergency herniorraphy due to a strangulated umbilical hernia. Suddenly the surgical suture did not …

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