Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2022 Aug;84(3):686-688.
doi: 10.18999/nagjms.84.3.686.

Black ascites

Yasuyoshi Sato  1 , Naomi Hayashi  1 , Shunji Takahashi  1
Affiliations
Case Reports

Black ascites

Yasuyoshi Sato et al. Nagoya J Med Sci. 2022 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: ascites; black; cancer; unknown primary.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

YS reports personal fees from ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, MSD KK, TAIHO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, and Eisai outside the submitted work. NH report no competing interests to disclose. ST reports grants and personal fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb KK, grants and personal fees from ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, grants and personal fees from MSD, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, grants and personal fees from Chugai, and grants and personal fees from BAYER, outside the submitted work.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Drainage of ascites by puncture yielded about 8.4 L of black ascites
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
The black ascites contained 1.6 g/dL hemoglobin (left tube) before concentration This reduced to 0.01 g/dL after filtering to remove cellular components and then concentrating it (right tube).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Ito T, Hanafusa N. CART: Cell-free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy against malignancy-related ascites. Transfus Apher Sci. 2017;56(5):703–707. doi:10.1016/j.transci.2017.08.018. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Tarn AC, Lapworth R. Biochemical analysis of ascitic (peritoneal) fluid: What should we measure? Ann Clin Biochem. 2010;47(Pt 5):397–407. doi:10.1258/acb.2010.010048. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Ascha MS, Ascha M, Hanouneh IA. Black Ascites: An interesting presentation of pancreatic duct leak. Case Rep Intern Med. 2016;3(4):18–21. doi:10.5430/crim.v3n4p18. - DOI
    1. Alanís Naranjo JM, de Lourdes Alanís Naranjo M. Black ascitic fluid in a patient with history of alcohol abuse: report of an unusual case and literature review. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2020;2020(4):omaa023. doi:10.1093/omcr/omaa023. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kojima M, Namikawa K, Kase Y, Matsushita H. Black ascites. QJM. 2021;114(7):523–524. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcab057. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources