Causes of Ascites
This section discusses 140
medical conditions causing Ascites.
A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.
Causes of Ascites:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Ascites.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
Causes of Ascites listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Ascites as a symptom include:
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Ascites:
The following list of conditions
have 'Ascites' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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Conditions listing medical complications: Ascites:
The following list of medical conditions
have 'Ascites' or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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More Information About Ascites
List of 140
causes of Ascites
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause
of Ascites in our database from various sources.
- Abdominal cancer
- Acanthocytosis - ascites
- Acyclovir - Teratogenic Agent - ascites
- Aggressive systemic mastocytosis - ascites
- Albuminuria - ascites
- Alveolar hydatid disease
- Andersen disease - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma - ascites
- Angiosarcoma of the liver - ascites
- Banti's syndrome - ascites
- Beemer-Langer syndrome - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Bilharzia
- Biliary atresia, intrahepatic, non syndromic form - ascites
- Biliary atresia, intrahepatic, syndromic form - ascites
- Biliary cirrhosis - ascites
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Budd-Chiari syndrome - ascites
- Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome
- Cardiac failure, right sided
- Cardiomegaly - ascites
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Cholestasis - ascites
- Chromosome 11, deletion 11p - Ascites
- Chromosome 2 trisomy syndrome - ascites
- Chronic bacterial infection
- Chronic Hepatitis - ascites
- Chronic Hepatitis C - Ascites
- Cirrhosis of liver
- Cirrhosis of the liver - Ascites
- Colorectal cancer
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H - ascites
- Congestive heart failure
- Constrictive pericarditis - ascites
- Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis - ascites
- Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
- Cor pulmonale - ascites
- Deletion 11p - Ascites
- Desmoplastic small round cell tumor - ascites
- Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis - ascites
- EGE - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- End Stage Liver Failure - ascites
- Endocrine pancreatic cancer - Ascites
- Endomyocardial fibrosis - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Eosinophilic enteropathy, pattern III - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Extramedullary haemopoiesis
- Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome
- Fructose-1-phosphate aldolase deficiency, hereditary - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Galactosemia I - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Goldberg syndrome - ascites
- Granulomatous peritonitis
- Haemochromatosis
- Haemolytic disease of the newborn
- Haemoperitoneum
- Heart disorders
- Heart failure
- Hemolytic anemia, lethal - genital anomalies - ascites
- Hepatic failure
- Hepatic vein thrombosis
- Hepatic Venoocclusive Disease with immunodeficiency - ascites
- Hepatitis
- Hepatoma - ascites
- Hydrops ectrodactyly syndactyly - ascites
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic liver cirrhosis - ascites
- Idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome - ascites
- Immunoproliferative diseases - Ascites
- Infantile sialic acid storage disorder - ascites
- Kaposiform hemangio-endothelioma - ascites
- Krukenberg tumor
- Leiomyosarcoma - ascites
- Liver blockage
- Liver cancer
- Liver cancer, primary
- Liver cirrhosis
- Liver damage
- Liver disorders
- Liver metastases
- Liver vein outflow obstruction - ascites
- Lung cancer
- Lung disorders
- Lymphangiectasies and lymphedema Hennekam type - ascites
- Lymphatic malformation (LM) - ascites
- Lymphatic obstruction
- Lymphoedema - lymphangiectasia - mental retardation - ascites
- Lymphoma
- Malaria (malignant tertian)
- Malignancy
- Malnutrition
- Meig syndrome
- Meigs' syndrome
- Mesothelioma - Ascites
- Metastatic liver cancer - Ascites
- Mosse syndrome - ascites
- Ménétrier's disease - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Nephrotic syndrome - ascites
- Niemann-Pick disease - ascites
- Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver - ascites
- Obliterative portal venopathy - ascites
- Obstructive Jaundice - ascites
- Oesophageal cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pelvic region cancers
- Pericarditis - ascites
- Portal hypertension - ascites
- Portal hypertension due to intrahepatic block - ascites
- Primary biliary cirrhosis - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Pseudo-Meigs syndrome
- Pseudomyxoma peritonei
- Rectractile mesenteritis - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Renal failure
- Right heart failure - ascites
- Ruptured viscus
- Schistosomiasis
- Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis - ascites
- Semmerkrot-Haraldsson-Weenaes syndrome - ascites
- Severe hepatitis
- Short rib-polydactyly syndrome type 4
- Sleeping sickness
- Stomach cancer
- Strongyloidiasis
- Stuart-Bras disease - ascites
- Tang Hsi Ryu syndrome - ascites
- Thyroxine deficiency
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Tricuspid stenosis
- Tricuspid valve diseases - Ascites
- Tuberculosis
- Virilising ovarian tumour - Ascites
- VLCAD deficiency - Ascites
- WAGR Syndrome - Ascites
- Waldmann disease - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Whipple's disease - abnormal fluid buildup in abdomen
- Wilms tumor and radial bilateral aplasia - Ascites
- Wilms tumour and pseudohermaphroditism - Ascites
- Wilms' tumor - Ascites
- Yolk sack tumour - Ascites
Drug side effect causes of Ascites
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins
may possibly cause Ascites as a side effect.
[
See detailed list of 2
drug side effect causes of Ascites]
Medical Textbooks about Ascites
Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to
view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Ascites.
Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Ascites (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).
Medical Books Excerpts
- ASCITES
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
- [ read ]
- Ascites
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Ascites
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
- [ read ]
- Peritonitis
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
- [ read ]
- Ascites
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- Ascites
- "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult" (2008)
- [ read ]
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