Massive exudative ascites produced from a tubal pseudocyst in chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.
A case of massive exudative hemorrhagic ascites occurring as a serious complication of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is presented. The clinical manifestations, simulating diffuse carcinomatosis in a young female patient, are described.
D000293:Adolescent; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications*