Open AccessOvarian carcinoma in two patients with chronic liver disease
Author(s) -
Mehlika Işıldak,
Gülay Sain Güven,
Murat Kekilli,
Yavuz Beyazıt,
Mustafa Erman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i28.4445
Subject(s) - ascites , cirrhosis , medicine , chronic liver disease , ovarian cancer , gastroenterology , disease , malignancy , liver disease , complication , ovarian carcinoma , cancer , liver cancer , carcinoma
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.