Dr. Amiko M. Uchida (Medicine): A 57-year-old man was evaluated in the gastroenterology clinic of this hospital because of new ascites. Twenty years before the current presentation, the patient began ...

Malignant ascites can develop with late stage pancreatic cancer. Ascites involves the buildup of fluid in the abdomen. Doctors can drain the fluid to relieve symptoms, but fluid may return. Ascites ...

A new review highlights how combining multiple ultrasound techniques may help detect and assess portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis BERN, CANTON OF BERN ...

Research, headed by teams at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s ...

This is the liver, and you can see the ascites here. This patient needs a paracentesis (a medical procedure involving ...