title: Palliation of malignant ascites with a Tenckhoff catheter.
abstract: To avoid multiple paracenteses, a Tenckhoff catheter was used successfully to drain the ascitic fluid in a patient with peritoneal mesothelioma.
authors: General Hospital, Birmingham.
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Lomas
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Wallis
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Stockley
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*