Two men, one 63 and one 52 years old, presented with ascites. Analysis of the ascitic fluid in both patients revealed a high protein content and an elevated serum-ascites gradient. Various studies showed the cause of the ascites to be constrictive pericardial disease. Total excision of their parietal pericardia relieved their symptoms, decreased their cardiac filling pressures, and increased th...

A 65-year-old man with chronic hepatitis C and no history of alcohol abuse was admitted to our liver unit for the recent development of massive ascites and presumed hepatorenal syndrome. In the preceding two weeks, he had received medical treatment for acute pancreatitis and cholecystitis. Abdominal paracentesis demonstrated a cloudy, orange peritoneal fluid, with total protein concentration 3....

Ascites is the most common of the three major complications of cirrhosis, the other complications being hepatic encephalopathy and variceal hemorrhage. Cirrhosis is the most common cause of ascites in the United States. Development of ascites may be the first evidence of the presence of cirrhosis. Obesity makes the physical examination less helpful in detecting ascites. Imaging may provide the ...

The effects of the synthetic estrogens diethylstilbesterol, hexosterol, dienesterol, and phloretin were compared with their capacity to inhibit the endogenous respiration of intact Ehrlich ascites, Adenocarcinoma 755 ascites, and Ehrlich-Lettr6 ascites cells. The Ehrlich ascites was found to be far more susceptible to respiratory inhibition than either the Adenocarcinoma 755 or the Ehrlich-Lett...

Transcoelomic route is the most common and the earliest route of metastasis, causing the ascites formation in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). We demonstrated that interleukin 6 (IL-6) is enriched in the malignant ascites from patients with ovarian cancer, which enhanced invasive properties of EOC cells. Interestingly, the expression of IL-6R on cell membrane of EOC cells correlated wi...