we reported a 14 months old boy referred for evaluation of chylous ascites to our nuclear medicine department. tc-99m phytate was injected subcutaneously in his calves and whole body images as well as abdominal spect were performed. the spect images could localize an area of several intestinal lymphangiomata in the abdominal region. the abnormal region was surgically resected and the patient as...

background: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) is a recognized complication of ovulation induction, occurring in 1-10% of ivf and embryo transfer cycles. while mild ohss is of no clinical relevance, severe ohss is a life threatening complication. however, the efficacy of prevalent treatments appeared to be limited. we developed a continuous autotransfusion system with an ultrafiltration i...

the increasing susceptibility of broiler chickens to ascites syndrome has coincided with a continuing genetic and nutritional improvement in their feed efficiency and growth rate. ascites is multifactorial and interactions between environmental and endogenous factors play a particularly important role. the selection of fast growing broilers for high feed efficiency, which is characterized by hy...

BACKGROUND/AIMS C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), the third member of the natriuretic peptide family, is considered to be involved in the regulation of vascular tone. Furthermore, the recent demonstration of CNP in human kidney and urine may indicate a role for CNP in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the possible role of CNP in renal ...

Background: Patients with cirrhosis often develop hypoalbuminemia. In conditions of hepatic dysfunction, albumin synthesis is decreased due to dysfunction and abnormal distribution portal blood flow. Ascites a major complication an important sign in the course associated 50% mortality after two years. 75% patients' ascites etiology liver cirrhosis, 10% malignancy, 3% heart failure, 2% tuberculo...

PURPOSE Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in malignant ascites have high diagnostic value for their discrimination from ascites of non-malignant origin. However, there have been no reports on the comparison of VEGF levels between malignant ascites of chemonaive and chemotreated patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS VEGF levels were measured in 44 ascites patients (cirrhosis ascites, ...

background: ascitic fluid infection is presumptively diagnosed when the fluid polymorph nuclear (pmn) concentration equals or exceeds 250 cells /mic,l. the leukocyte esterase (le) test has been shown to be a good predictor of the presence of pmns in urine and other body fluids. this study examines of value of multistix 8sg dipstick test for rapid diagnosis of infected ascitic fluid. materials a...

the objective of this study was to assess the importance of strain and sex and their interaction effect on broiler chickens’ performance and susceptibility to ascites. chicks from three strains (ross 308, cobb 500 and arian, labeled as a, b and c respectively) were obtained from the same age breeder and sexed when one-day-old. each crosses’ sex was assigned to four pens of 60 broilers each. bod...

Chemotherapy resistance is the major reason for the failure of ovarian cancer treatment. One mechanism behind chemo-resistance involves the upregulation of multidrug resistance (MDR) genes (ABC transporters) that effectively transport (efflux) drugs out of the tumor cells. As a common symptom in stage III/IV ovarian cancer patients, ascites is associated with cancer progression. However, whethe...