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Case Reports
. 1979 Oct;72(4):428-30.

Cholesterol ascites in alcoholic cirrhosis

T LoIudice, F R Mishkin, V Piziak, H Barnaby
  • PMID: 517502
Case Reports

Cholesterol ascites in alcoholic cirrhosis

T LoIudice et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

A 43-year old man with long-standing cirrhosis of the liver and ascites was found to have cholesterol crystals in his ascitic fluid. This unusual finding, not heretofore described in the medical literature, is reported and possible mechanisms for its production are discussed.

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