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Ascites

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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Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 2008 Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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