To determine the diagnostic significance of physical and biochemical studies, ascitic fluid (AF) of patients with cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, congestive cardiac failure, abdominal malignancy and tuberculous peritonitis was examined. AF was colourless transudate in cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome and congestive cardiac failure. Lowest values for proteins were observed in nephrotic syndrome and ...

in 1937 Meigs and Cass described the case of a patient with ascites and hydrothorax in association with a benign ovarian tumour in which removal of the tumour relieved the patient of the ascites and chest fluid. Later that year Rhoads and Terrell (1937) published a further case and proposed the name Meigs syndrome for this clinical pictture. In 1954 Meigs collected all reports in the English la...

Pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) is a metabolic disorder in fast-growing broilers. Inconsistency of oxygen requirement and the cardiovascular ability make the birds susceptible to ascites. Incidence of ascites was accompanied by right ventricular hypertrophy, fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity and finally mortality. The objective of the current study was to review the genetic b...

Acute pancreatitis is not only life-threatening in itself, but can also present a wide variety of complications that increase its morbidity. Particularly challenging are the extrapancreatic manifestations of the disease, which are rarely seen. Subcutaneous nodular fat necrosis (Weber-Christian syndrome), ascites, pleural effusions, nephrosis, fat emboli, venous thromboses and fat necrosis of bo...

Introduction One of the rare problems in newborns is ascites. Almost 30 percent of neonatal ascites is caused by urinary disease. The most common cause is urinary tract obstruction from posterior urethral valve. Case Report In this case report, we present a two-day boy with urinary ascites at Akbar hospital Mashhad, Iran, it ...

Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) infects humans and a wide range of ungulates historically has caused devastating epidemics in Africa the Arabian Peninsula. Lesions naturally infected cases (RVF) have only been described detail sheep with few reports concerning cattle humans. The most frequently observed lesion both ruminants is randomly distributed necrosis, particularly liver. supportive ...

Abstract Introduction Laparoscopy is the gold-standard approach to elective abdominal surgery. Nevertheless, its application trauma, including treatment of haemoperitoneum, has been historically challenged by links missed injuries. The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery does not clearly recommend therapeutic laparoscopy in despite recognised potential benefits, light scarcity and poor ...

an oil adjuvant vaccine (oav) was prepared from a local strain of pasteurella multocida. strain 6:b was cultured and inactivated by formalin. bacterial pellet was prepared by centrifugation and subsequently adjuvanted by montannide oil isa-70. a dose of prepared vaccine containing 3ml (2mg dry weight/ml) was injected into five calves by im route. animals were bled before and at 24, 90, 150, and...