Ovary malignant ascites

In women who present with malignant abdominal effusions (malignant ascites), common abdominal sites include ovaries, endometrium, and cervix, whereas men with malignant ascites typically have primary tumor sites in the gastrointestinal tract, predominantly in the colon, rectum, or stomach. Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of nongynecologic origin most often have origins in the stomach, colon, or pancreas and have a median survival of 3 months. 

Numerous diseases can cause ascites. In terms of aetiology, liver diseases, malignant processes and chronic cardiac diseases rank right at the top. Yet inflammatory, renal, metabolic, vascular and endocrinological causes also have to be borne in mind when drawing up a differential diagnosis. The mechanisms at work in the formation of ascites are often still unresolved, as is the case, for example, in hypothyroidism, diseases of the ovaries or the POEMS syndrome (P.A. Bardwick et al., 1980). (100,168) (s. tab. 16.6)... 

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