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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]
Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of ascites is cirrhosis. Other risk factors include malignancy, heart failure, and tuberculosis. Common risk factors in the development of asctes include acute liver failure, hepatorenal syndrome, liver fibrosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, constrictive pericarditis, nephrotic syndrome, pancreatitis, and serositis.
Risk Factors
- The most potent risk factor in the development of ascites is cirrhosis. Other risk factors include malignancy, heart failure, and tuberculosis.
- Common risk factors in the development of asctes include acute liver failure, hepatorenal syndrome, liver fibrosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, constrictive pericarditis, nephrotic syndrome, pancreatitis, and serositis.
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of cirrhosis include:[1]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of ascites include:[2]
- Amebiasis
- Ascariasis
- Brucellosis
- HIV infection
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pseudomembranous colitis
- Salmonellosis
- Whipple's disease
- Amyloidosis
- Castleman's syndrome
- Extramedullary hematopoiesis
- Hemophagocytic syndrome
- Histiocytosis X
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Mastocytosis
- Multiple myeloma
- Abdominal pregnancy
- Crohn's disease
- Endometriosis
- Gaucher's disease
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- Myxedema
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- POEMS syndrome
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- Chlamydia peritonitis
References
- ↑ Moore CM, Van Thiel DH (2013). "Cirrhotic ascites review: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management". World J Hepatol. 5 (5): 251–63. doi:10.4254/wjh.v5.i5.251. PMC 3664283. PMID 23717736.
- ↑ Runyon BA (1998). "Management of adult patients with ascites caused by cirrhosis". Hepatology. 27 (1): 264–72. doi:10.1002/hep.510270139. PMID 9425946.