Ascites, the collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, occurs with a variety of disease states. It is one of the earliest and most common complication of chronic liver disease. In cirrhosis, it is associated with circulatory dysfunction characterized by arterial vasodilatation, high cardiac output and stimulation of vasoactive systems. As appropriate treatment depends on accurate diagnosis,...

Guaroa virus inhibited or destroyed ascites tumors (Ehrlich or Sarcoma 180) of Swiss white mice when inoculated intraperitoneally from 1 to 6 days after tumor in jection. Thirty of 79 virus-treated mice survived 30 days after injection of Ehrlich ascites cells without accumulation of ascites, whereas all but two of 73 controls died with a mean survival time of 15 days. With Sarcoma 180 ascites,...

AIM To clarify perioperative factors associated with poor survival following hepatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical parameters and stress score, including surgical stress score (SSS) and comprehensive risk score (CRS) were examined from 183 hepatocellular carcinoma patients who underwent hepatectomy. RESULTS Factors associated with tumor relapse were increased blood loss/weight, uncontr...

When present, ascites usually disappears after portacaval shunt. In an oc· casional patient, however, ascites may appear after portacaval shunt even when not present before operation. This work reviews the mechanisms of ascites formation following patent portacaval shunt. Hepatic hemodynamic studies were performed in 24 patients with alcoholic liver disease. The results suggest that ascites is ...

Chylous ascites has multiple etiologies including malignancies, liver cirrhosis, intraperitoneal infections, and trauma. It is rarely reported in pregnancy. We report a case of chylous ascites noted at the time of cesarean section performed at 35 weeks of gestation on a patient with preeclampsia and suspected placental abruption. The diagnosis and treatment of chylous ascites as well as the pre...

Broiler ascites, first seen in the form of a high altitude disease, has increased in importance world-wide in direct proportion to the improvement in growth performance of modern broilers. At the same time, the incidence has spread gradually from high altitude (above 2000 m) down to sea level, which gave rise to proposals of alternative causes including infections, toxins and metabolic disorder...

Meconium peritonitis is defined as aseptic chemical inflammation caused by an intrauterine bowel perforation. Its incidence 1 in 35,000 live births. We present a case of meconium presented at second day postnatal life with isolated gross fetal ascites. Exploratory laprotomy was performed, suggestive ascites fecal contamination and perforation terminal ileum for which ileal resection double barr...

In the accompanying paper (Luo et al., Cancer Res., 58: 2652-2660, 1998), we demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), also designated vascular permeability factor (VPF), significantly accumulated in all mouse malignant ascites tested, suggesting its fundamental role in ascites tumors. Removal of VEGF may inhibit the development of ascites tumors. In this study, using a goat ...