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Ascites following prostatectomy: a rare presentation of comorbid disease
Güven Aslan1, Müjde Soytürk, Aykut Kefi
1Department of Urology and Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. aslang@kordon.deu.edu.tr
International Urology and Nephrology
|August 6, 2003
Abstract:
We report a rare case of ascites developing in the early post-prostatectomy period due to a mass originating from the head of the pancreas. Comorbid diseases that are not documented preoperatively may emerge with signs mimicking the complication of prostate surgery.