| Abdominal distension with a splashing sound like water, and accompanying dysuria indicates tympanites or ascites. |
| With the increase of liver protein synthesis, the liver has a tendency to enlarge causing ascites. |
| Computed tomographic scan showed a cirrhotic liver with gastric and esophageal varices and mild ascites. |
| The development of ascites is an important event in chronic liver disease as half of cirrhotic patients with ascites die within two years. |
| Hepatic hydrothorax is a complication of cirrhosis in patients with ascites. |
| Cytokine levels decreased from ascites to lymph to blood, suggesting a splanchnic origin. |
