UNUSUAL QUANTITY OF FLUID IN ASCITES.

An unusual cause of ascites: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is character-ized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia, and hemophago-cytosis. Ascites is not mentioned as a symptom of hemophagocytic syndrome. We report a one month-old girl suffering from familial erythrophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis, who presented with ascites.

An unusual cause of neonatal ascites.

Espírito Santo R, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219882 Description A 30-year-old primigravida was referred to our institution due to an isolated fetal ascites (IFA). The gestation was uneventful until the 32nd week when the mother was hospitalised due to refractory hypertension. An ultrasound revealed a fetal abdominal circumference above percentile 99. Fetal parameters and amn...

Forty-Four Pounds of Ascites Fluid

Ascitic Fluid Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Ascites: Focus on Cirrhotic Ascites

Ascites is the pathologic accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity. Because many diseases can cause ascites, in particular cirrhosis, samples of ascitic fluid are commonly analyzed in order to develop a differential diagnosis. The concept of transudate versus exudate, as determined by total protein measurements, is outdated and the use of serum-ascites albumin gradient as an indicator...

Comment on ‘Ascitic Fluid Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Ascites: Focus on Cirrhotic Ascites’

First, I would like to congratulate the authors, Huang LL, Xia HH and Zhu SL, on the overall great work done in preparing the review article ‘Ascitic Fluid Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Ascites: Focus on Cirrhotic Ascites’. However, there seems to be an error in the description of diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). The authors state “SBP is defined by the presence...