Ovarian carcinoma in two patients with chronic liver disease

Isildak M., Guven G. S., KEKİLLİ M., BEYAZIT Y., ERMAN M.

WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.11, sa.28, ss.4445-4446, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 28
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i28.4445
  • Dergi Adı: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4445-4446
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ovarian carcinoma, Ascites, Chronic liver disease
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Ascites is a common and debilitating complication of cirrhosis. However, patients with chronic liver disease are not spared from other causes of ascites and physicians should be careful not to miss an underlying malignancy. Ovarian cancer is an insidious disease, which is difficult to diagnose and it ranks first in mortality among all gynecological cancers. Here, we present two cases of patients with chronic liver disease that developed ascites not simply because of cirrhosis but as a manifestation of ovarian cancer. We would like to emphasize that the causes of ascites, other than the liver itself, should not be overlooked in patients with chronic liver disease. (C) 2005 The WJG Press and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.