ETIOLOGIES OF ASCITES

Hepatic Cirrhosis

Acute Hepatic Failure

Alcoholic Hepatitis

Peritoneal Malignancy

Hepatic Malignancy

     Lymphoma

Peritoneal Tuberculosis

Hypothyroidism

Pancreatitis

Congestive Heart Failure

Constrictive Pericarditis

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Ovarian Cancer 

Nephrotic Syndrome

Budd-Chiari Syndrome

POEMS Syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, skin changes)