Ascites
Ascites: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Without Peritoneal Disease
Portal hypertension
Cirrhosis
Alcoholic hepatitis
Hepatic congestion
Congestive heart failure
Tricuspid insufficiency
Constrictive pericarditis
Inferior vena cava obstruction
Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chiari syndrome)
Cardiomyopathy
Portal vein occlusion
Thrombosis
Tumor
Idiopathic tropical splenomegaly
Partial nodular transformation
Hypervitaminosis A
Fulminant hepatic failure
Idiopathic
Hypoalbuminemia
Cirrhosis
Nephrotic syndrome
Protein-losing enteropathy
Lymphangiectasia
Severe malnutrition
Miscellaneous
Myxedema
Hepatocellular carcinoma (usually with cirrhosis)
Ovarian disease
Tumor (Meigs' syndrome)
Struma ovarii
Ovarian overstimulation syndrome
Pancreatic ascites
Rupture of pseudocyst
Leak from pancreatic duct
Bile ascites
Gallbladder rupture
Traumatic bile leak
Chylous ascites
Rupture (traumatic, surgical) of abdominal lymphatics
Congenital lymphangiectasia
Obstructed lymphatics (especially secondary to malignancy, tuberculosis, filariasis)
Constrictive pericarditis
Cirrhosis
Sarcoidosis
With Peritoneal Disease
Infection
Mycobacterial
Bacterial
Primary (spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis)
Secondary (ruptured viscus)
Fungal (rare, especially candidiasis, histoplasmosis,
cryptococcosis)
Parasitic (rare, especially schistosomiasis, ascariasis, enterobiasis)
AIDS
Neoplasm
Primary mesothelioma
Metastatic carcinomatosis
Ovarian
Pancreatic
Gastric
Colonic
Lymphoma
Miscellaneous
Peritoneal vasculitides
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Köhlmeier-Degos disease
Eosinophilic peritonitis
Familial Mediterranean fever
Pseudomyxoma peritonei
Whipple's disease
Granulomatous peritonitis
Foreign bodies (especially starch)
Sarcoidosis
Gynecologic lesions (especially endometriosis, ruptured dermoid cyst)
Peritoneal lymphangiectasis
Reference
1. Zakim D, Boyer TD (eds): Hepatology, pp. 764–788. See Bibliography, 3.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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