title: Vaginosonographically guided paracentesis in a woman with severe thrombocytopenia.
abstract: Coagulation disorders and obesity might complicate transabdominal paracentesis. In a woman with severe thrombocytopenia we used the vaginal approach guided by vaginosonography to obtain ascitic fluid for analysis.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deutinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dadak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Forstinger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laczika
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation*