ascites/vomiting

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID) is a rare disease in children that affects the bowel wall, with eosinophilic infiltration in the absence of any other causes for eosinophilia. The etiology remains unknown, but allergies and immunological imbalance are suspected triggers. We encountered

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

A thirty eight year old female with a long standing history of a chronic duodenal ulcer presented at the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital with vomiting, abdominal pain and abdominal distension. Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy revealed a tight pyloric stenosis while abdominal ultrasonography showed

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

An 11-month-old boy with marked abdominal distension was found dead in the prone position at home. Since there were many bruises in the non-protruding regions of the head, face, and abdomen, a medicolegal autopsy was performed the following day. The boy was smaller than average (height: 68.5 cm;

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

METHODS A 35-year-old man, for 8 years known to have hereditary angio-oedema with recurrent cutaneous swellings and occasional attacks of gastrointestinal pain, developed very painful, colic-like upper abdominal symptoms and frequent vomiting. METHODS Routine laboratory tests were normal, except for

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

Nodal presentation of Burkitt-like lymphoma is common, particularly in gastrointestinal tract. However, only few cases with massive ascites and signs of subileus due to lymphoma proliferation are described. We report a 31-year-old male patient who presented with fever, night sweats, vomiting and

A rare case of typhoid presenting with thrombocytopenia, hyponatremia, ascites mesenteric adenitis, and multi-drug resistance is being presented in this article. An 8-year-old girl was admitted with a history of fever, vomiting, abdominal pain and loose stools. Clinical examination revealed fever

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