Background: A 63-year-old Caucasian woman presented with intermittent, left-sided abdominal discomfort without other symptoms. Physical examination revealed massive splenomegaly and complete blood ...

Bloating and ascites can both cause swelling and discomfort in your abdomen. Bloating is more common and usually goes away within hours to days. Ascites is more likely to be a sign of a serious ...

Eight patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and ascites were studied. In 4 patients, urine was collected from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 12 noon to 3 p.m., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. for two successive ...

Splenomegaly resulting from portal hypertension can be caused by cirrhosis, hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Both cirrhosis and hepatic venous outflow ...