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Acute on chronic phenomenon in hepatic IVC obstruction: a case report
S M Shrestha1, R K Ghimire, P Basnyat
1Tribhuwana University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|April 19, 2000
Abstract:
Hepatic IVC obstruction though common is usually misdiagnosed because of lack of appreciation of the disease. Patient with chronic disease may develop acute exacerbation, which may be precipitated by surgery or endoscopic procedures. It is a report of a case of chronic IVC disease with acute development of ascites following gallbladder surgery.