There are a number of ways cancer in the liver can
cause ascites.
Metastatic peritoneal adenocarcinoma is the most likely diagnosis in a patient with
malignant ascites.
Ascites volume
( 500 ml ) can be used to identify those patients who could benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Large volume ascites
also increases the risk of pulmonary aspiration.
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