An ultrasound scan of your stomach.
This is to look at both • your liver and to assess the amount of fluid in your stomach.
Your doctor may need to test the fluid in your stomach and • to get to it they may need to do a small procedure called an ascitic tap..
The cellular fraction in ascites is complex and can include multiple cell types (e.g. tumor cells, immune cells, mesothelial cells) as well as both single cells and aggregates of cells..
Ultrasound is the most sensitive test to detect ascites.
It will reveal homogenous freely mobile anechoic collection in the peritoneal cavity.
The smallest amount of fluid is usually seen in Morison pouch..
Diagnostic cytology is the scientific art of interpretation of cells from the human body that exfoliate or are removed from their physiologic millieu.
Cytodiagnosis of ascitic fluid represents the cell population from a much larger representative area than that obtained from needle biopsy [5]..
An ultrasound scan of your stomach.
This is to look at both • your liver and to assess the amount of fluid in your stomach.
Your doctor may need to test the fluid in your stomach and • to get to it they may need to do a small procedure called an ascitic tap..
[ PMC free article] [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar] Chylous ascites (CA) is a rare form of ascites that results from the leakage of lipid-rich lymph into the peritoneal cavity.
This usually occurs due to trauma and rupture of the lymphatics or increased peritoneal lymphatic pressure secondary to obstruction..
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Ascites is the pathologic accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity.
It is the most common complication of cirrhosis and occurs in about 50% of patient with decompensated cirrhosis in 10 years.
The development of ascites denotes the transition from compensated to decompensated cirrhosis.
Ascitic fluid analyses indicating gross appearance, biochemical tests (e.g.
SAAG, LDH, glucose, amylase, and ADA), and non-biochemical tests (e.g. cell counts, bacterial culture and PCR, viscosity, 1 H NMR spectroscopy, VEGF, and tumor markers) can provide useful clues in the differential diagnosis of ascites and help in establishing a diagnosis.
