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A 22-year-old male patient presented with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting. He reported abdominal distention of a couple of weeks' duration. He had been hospitalised 7 months earlier, owing to the same symptoms, however, the cause was never clarified. Initial
Here we report an unusual case of T-cell lymphoma presenting as ascites. A 49-yr-old woman was admitted to the hospital for abdominal discomfort associated with increasing abdominal girth over the course of 3 mo. She also complained of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. On physical examination, a tense
METHODS
Since the age of 16 years a now 25-year-old woman had been known to have C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency. She presented herself at the emergency department because of acute severe lower abdominal cramps. A urinary infection had been treated with antibiotics for the previous 4 days. There
A 21 year old caucasian male suffered for 14 days from cramping abdominal pain, associated with nausea and vomiting. 6 weeks later he was admitted to our hospital because of rapidly increasing ascites. Further examinations led to the following decisive findings: Marked eosinophilia in the white cell
Three cases of benign pancreatic ascites have been added to 94 cases reviewed from the literature. Common characteristic of this syndrome were chronic alcoholism, intermittent abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and considerable weight loss which occurred despite fluid accumulation. Markedly elevated
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a rare disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of portions of the gastrointestinal tract. Eosinophilic ascites is probably the most unusual and rare presentation of EG and is generally associated with the serosal form of EG. Hereby, we report a case of
Malignant ascites is relatively common in patients with certain types of end-stage cancer. Traditional treatments based on fluid and salt restriction and diuretic therapy often are not able to contain neoplastic ascites. These patients consequently undergo repeated abdominal paracentesis, with
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of intraperitoneal catumaxomab in heavily pretreated patients with chemotherapy-refractory ovarian cancer and recurrent symptomatic malignant ascites.
METHODS
The study is a single-arm open-label multicenter US phase II
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare disease characterized by focal or diffuse eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the stomach and duodenum. EGE has vague, nonspecific symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, ascites, and
A 17-year-old girl was admitted to Handa City Hospital presenting with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Cytological examination of the ascites and the increased eosinophil count in the peripheral blood led to the diagnosis of eosinophilic peritonitis. Serum concentrations of
The only treatment for malignant ascites in patients with refractory cancer is paracentesis, a procedure to relieve symptoms. Catumaxomab, a monoclonal antibody, is now authorised in the European Union for intraperitoneal administration to patients with epithelial cancers that overexpress epithelial
OBJECTIVE
Ascites complicates many advanced malignancies, resulting in abdominal pain, discomfort, anorexia, nausea, and dyspnea. Percutaneous drainage relieves symptoms in the vast majority of patients. The aim of this study was to determine the course and outcomes in a consecutive series of
Three patients received intraperitoneal chemotherapy of low-dose CDDP for carcinomatous ascites due to gastric and colorectal carcinoma. Intraperitoneal injection of CDDP (30-50 mg) was given and the patients underwent systemic chemotherapy. As a result, the QOL of all patients was improved. Adverse