2). Through the translucent stretched abdominal wall, we saw a large volume of reddish-brown peritoneal fluid. Before entering the abdominal cavity, we withdrew 35 ml of fluid by syringe.

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Therefore, we considered that the peritonitis and peritoneal effusion probably developed secondary to the pancreatitis and leakage of pancreatic enzymes into the abdominal cavity. Acute ...

of peritoneal fluid and which is not influenced by marked obesity or the presence of considerable . . . † Student, School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; formerly ...

Instead, it spreads inside the abdomen. The cancer cells generally spread by following the peritoneal fluid flow. They attach to the peritoneum at particular sites. Here they produce mucus which ...