La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Jun 2010
Case Reports[Nephrogenic ascites: an exceptional diagnosis. About one case].
Nephrogenic ascites is a clinical entity that manifests as refractory and exsudative ascites with unknown etiology in patients with end stage renal disease and often undergoing hemodialysis. This entity presents in practice many diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. ⋯ We conclude that nephrogenic ascites is rare. Its diagnosis is an exclusion diagnosis based on exclusion of other causes of ascites, particularly exsudative forms with low leucocytes rate. Its management is based essentially on renal transplantation and its prognosis is very poor.