Causes of malignancy-related ascites

Cause	Frequency among patients with malignancy-related ascites
Peritoneal carcinomatosis	53 percent
Massive liver metastases causing portal hypertension	13 percent
Peritoneal carcinomatosis plus massive liver metastases	13 percent
Hepatocellular carcinoma plus cirrhosis	13 percent
Chylous ascites due to malignancy, usually lymphoma	7 percent
Budd-Chiari syndrome due to malignancy occluding the hepatic veins	Rare

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Data from: Runyon, BA, Hoefs, JC, Morgan, TR. Ascitic fluid analysis in malignancy-related ascites. Hepatology 1998; 8:1104.

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