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What Is Causing Persistent Ascites?

Dear doctors, I have a patient who is having persistent ascites with mild pleural effusion, raised TSH (with normal T3 T4 levels) hepatomegaly and physical features suugestive of a genetic disorder.(very tall built, long face ,small ears,slanting eyebrows).peritoneal biopsy shows thickrning with lymphohistiocytic infiltrate along with small cystic and large tubular spaces lined by bland mesothelial cells. Investigations also reveal hyproteinemia with hypoalbiminemia, anemia(hypochromic,microcytic) and intraabdominal small lymphnodes on CT abdomen. what could be the cause of worrysome ascites?
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Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have evaluated your query in details .

* This is in relation with portal hypertension issue most probably .

* Liver biopsy will be of further help in the matter .

Wishing you fine recovery .
Feel free to ask any further queries .

Regards .
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What Is Causing Persistent Ascites?

Hello dear Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com I have evaluated your query in details . * This is in relation with portal hypertension issue most probably . * Liver biopsy will be of further help in the matter . Wishing you fine recovery . Feel free to ask any further queries . Regards .