The Ascites may be due to cancer like ovarian malignancy. Cirrhosis of liver is the most common cause and the underlying liver disease is to be addressed first. The patient has to be counselled to ...

Strict compliance with diet and diuretics along with regular follow-up is necessary to control progression of ascites. Knowledge about ascites and its complications helps the patient to cope better.

Splenomegaly resulting from portal hypertension can be caused by cirrhosis, hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Both cirrhosis and hepatic venous outflow ...

Some cancers have a greater survival rate than others. Some, like skin cancer, have a high survival rate. However, there are others like pancreatic cancer, that do not share those same positive ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diabetes was an independent prognostic factor for various liver-related outcomes, including development of ...

Challenges in developing drugs for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) include obtaining metastatic cancer tissue for research and validating biomarkers predicative for personalised therapeutic ...

Interactions between ovarian cancer cells and the surrounding tumor microenvironment are not well characterized. We have earlier shown that ovarian cancer ascites induces Akt activation and protect ...

Fatty liver disease is sometimes called “silent liver disease” because of the few signs it shows until it has progressed. According to the NHS, one in three may be living with the early signs of fatty ...

Sterile ascites after ventriculoperitoneal shunting is rare and usually of unknown cause. 1 We describe a patient in whom an inflammatory reaction to silicone tubing used in the creation of a shunt ...

Ascites is one of the most economically damaging conditions in broiler production. It often becomes visible late in the production cycle but starts much earlier, and once clinical signs appear, there ...

"Ascites in decompensated cirrhosis is a poor prognostic indicator, with a 50% 2-year survival, worsening significantly to 20% to 50% at 1 year when the ascites becomes refractory to medical therapy." ...