|Heart Sounds & Murmurs|||||[Liver & Ascites]|||||Neck
Veins|||||Pulmonary|||||Thyroid| Liver & Ascites
Pathophysiology: Liver & Ascites Ascites occurs when there is a
disruption in the pressure forces between intravascular and
extravascular fluid spaces, which allows extravascular fluid to
accumulate in the anterior peritoneal cavity. The most common
causes of ascites include chronic parenchymal liver disease
(alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis due to viral hepatitis C),
malignancy, and heart failure. Classification by mechanism of
ascites formation For more discussion on pathogenesis of
ascites, check the references.