Causes of Ascites
Abdominal dropsy, abdominis hydrops, Ascites (disorder), Fluid in peritoneal cavity, Fluid in peritoneal cavity (finding), hydroperitoneum, Hydroperitonia, hydrops abdominis, peritoneal dropsy, peritoneal exudate (less)
Abdominal dropsy, abdominis hydrops, Ascites (disorder), Fluid in peritonea... (more)
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
Surgical, Procedure Complication
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Fungal diseases
- Intestinal parasites
- Neonatal hepatitis
- Tuberculosis
- Primary bacterial peritonitis/ascites
- Eosinophilic enteritis/gastroenteritis
- Picchini's polyserositis/trypanosome
- Schistosomiasis (Mansoni)
- Cirrhosis, syphilitic (Hepar lobatum)
- Enterocolitis, tuberculous
- Fasciolopsiasis/intestinal fluke
- Filariasis
- Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis) disease
- Schistosomiasis
- Schistosomiasis, chronic hepatic
- Schistosomiasis, hematobium
- Syphilis, congenital
- Tuberculosis, intestinal (gut)
- Tularemia
- Whipples disease
- Tuberculosis peritonitis
- Fungal peritonitis
- HIV/AIDS associated Peritonitis
Infected organ, Abscesses
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
Neoplastic Disorders
- Leukemia, acute
- Malignancy/cancer
- Metastasis to peritoneum
- Metastatic malignancy (cancer)
- Adenocarcinoma, breast
- Adenocarcinoma, cecum
- Adenocarcinoma, colon
- Adenocarcinoma, uterus
- Hodgkin's disease
- Lymphomas
- Ovarian adenoma
- Ovarian Cancer/Carcinoma
- Ovarian neoplasm
- Ascites, malignant
- Adenocarcinoma, ampulla of Vater
- Carcinoma, hepatocellular
- Leukemia
- Metastatic liver disease
- Myelodysplasia/Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Prolymphocytic leukemia
- Adenocarcinoma, gastric
- Adenocarcinoma, pancreatic
- Carcinoid, metast. to liver
- Carcinoma, gallbladder
- Hairy cell leukemia
- Intestinal/gut lymphoma
- Lymphoma, hepatosplenic
- Lymphoma/malignant, non-Hodgkins
- Mesothelioma, pleura
- Ovary, cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous
- Pseudomyxoma, peritonei
- Pulmonary lymphangiomatosis/LAM
- Retroperitoneal lymphoma
- Wilms tumor
- POEMS Plasma cell syndrome
- Meigs' Pleural effusion syndrome
- Benign multiple mesothelioma peritoneum
- Retroperitoneal lymph node/metastasis
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Biochemical Disorders
Deficiency Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
- Urine ascites/UT obstruction/neonate
- Nephrogenic ascites
- Tricuspid valve, stenosis
- Cirrhosis, congenital/neonatal
- Bladder exstophy
- Bile duct atresia
- Nephrotic syndrome, congenital
- Congenital Central Lymphatics Obstruction/Dysplasia
- Ducts of Luschka/Cholecystectomy bile leak
- Primary protein losing enteropathy syndrome
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Hemoperitoneum
- Ascites
- Bile peritonitis
- Biliary fistula
- Fistula, pancreatic
- Inferior vena cava obstruction syndrome
- Leaking pancreatic pseudocyst
- Ovarian cyst/torsion pedicle
- Perforated viscus
- Thoracic duct fistula
- Thoracic duct obstruction
- Thoracic duct rupture/fistula/perforat.
- Cysterna chyli obstruction/damage
- Obstruction Cysterna/Thoracic duct/Cntral Lymphatics
- Tricuspid valve insufficiency
- Lymphatic obstruction, intestinal
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Pericarditis, chronic constrictive
- Veno-occlusive hepatic disease
- Ascitis, chylous
- Cirrhosis, biliary, secondary
- Pancreatic drainage
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
Reference to Organ System
- Cardiomyopathy, congestive
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatic failure
- Cirrhosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Right congestive heart failure/chronic
- Cardiomyopathy, dilated
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst rupture/ascites
- Cirrhosis portal (Laennecs/alcoholic)
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Anasarca
- Ascites, refractory
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cirrhosis, cryptogenic
- Congestive heart failure/occult/chron.
- Protein losing enteropathy
- Cirrhosis, cardiac
- Cirrhosis, postnecrotic
- Fatty liver of pregnancy, acute
- Hepatic congestion/centrilobular necr's
- Mastocytosis, systemic
Pathophysiologic
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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