Ovarian carcinoma in two patients with chronic liver disease.
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.
Isildak
Mehlika
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Guven
Gulay-Sain
GS
Kekilli
Murat
M
Beyazit
Yavuz
Y
Erman
Mustafa
M
D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*