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Churchills Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis

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B978-0-7020-3222-6.00006-7, 00006

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SUBASH KC/NMC-15TH/2014

ASCITES

Ascites is the accumulation of excess free fluid in the peritoneal

cavity.

CAUSES

HEPATIC

• Cirrhosis

Hepatic tumours

MALIGNANT DISEASE

Carcinomatosis

Abdominal/pelvic tumour (primary or secondary)

Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Primary mesothelioma

CARDIAC

Cardiac failure

Constrictive pericarditis

Tricuspid incompetence

RENAL

Nephrotic syndrome

PERITONITIS

• TB

Spontaneous bacterial

VENOUS OBSTRUCTION

Budd–Chiari syndrome

Veno-occlusive disease

Hepatic portal vein obstruction

Inferior vena cava obstruction

GASTROINTESTINAL

Pancreatitis

• Malabsorption

Bile ascites

Section A

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