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Caput medusae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words) |
 | The name caput medusae (Latin for "head of Medusa") originates from the apparent similarity to Medusa's hair once Minerva had turned it into snakes. |
| It is a sign of severe portal hypertension that has decompressed by portal-systemic shunting through the umbilical veins. |
| Caput Medusae - flow is towards the legs |
| Caput succedaneum (428 words) |
| Caput succedaneum is a diffuse swelling of the scalp in a newborn caused by pressure from the uterus or vaginal wall during a head-first (vertex) delivery. |
| A caput succedaneum is caused by the mechanical trauma of the initial portion of scalp pushing through a narrowed cervix. |
| Physical examination confirms that the swelling is a caput succedaneum. |
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