ascites

in medicine, ascites, an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity

Parent Class

abdominal distension

Types

Chylous ascites

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascites

Symptoms, Cause of

peritonitis

ICD Code

"789.5", "R18."

Class

▶ phenomenon, medical condition, symptom, medical concept, cause,  …

disease

Causes

▶ hepatitis C, hypothyroidism, pancreatic cancer, cirrhosis, mesothelioma,  …

colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, throat cancer, stomach cancer, Wilson's disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, bladder cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, liver failure, Hepatitis E, Whipple's disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome, hemolytic disease of the newborn, echinococcosis, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Viral hepatitis, Alcoholic hepatitis, Pseudomyxoma peritonei, strongyloidiasis, Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, Meigs syndrome, Haemochromatosis, Liver tumor, Pseudo-Meigs syndrome, Liver metastases, Krukenberg tumor, Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000158897"

Diseases DB id

"943"

Mesh ID

"D001201"

Sider URI

http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/sider/resource/side_effects/C0003962

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ascites

Cause

▶ hypothyroidism; pancreatic cancer; cirrhosis; mesothelioma; colorectal cancer;  …

ovarian cancer; throat cancer; stomach cancer; hepatocellular carcinoma; bladder cancer; cholangiocarcinoma; liver failure; Whipple's disease; Budd-Chiari syndrome; hemolytic disease of the newborn; echinococcosis; ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Pseudomyxoma peritonei; strongyloidiasis; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome; Meigs syndrome; Haemochromatosis; Cardiac failure, right sided; Pseudo-Meigs syndrome; Short rib-polydactyly syndrome type 4; Extramedullary haemopoiesis; Liver metastases; Krukenberg tumor; Cardiac failure, right sided; Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Rare Terms

▶ "abdominal dropsy", "hydroperitoneum", "peritoneal fluid excess", "peritoneal cavity fluid", "ascitic fluid",  …

"chylous ascites", "ascitic"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/01c24r"