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A Giant Spider Nevus in a Patient of Hepatitis C-related Liver Cirrhosis: A Rare Presentation

Overview
Journal Int J Appl Basic Med Res
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2015 Nov 6
PMID 26539373
Citations 2
Authors
Ajit Sood
Rahul Gupta
Vandana Midha
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Abstract

Spider nevi are benign vascular lesions mostly seen in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. Mostly, these are seen in the superior vena cava distribution and are small with pinhead size central vessel. Giant spider nevus is rarely seen and hence this report.

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