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    Ascites as a result of cirrhosis accounts for 80% of patients who present with ascites in the US, and ascites occurs within 10 years in over 50% of those diagnosed with cirrhosis. The remaining 20% of ascites cases are often diagnosed through a combination of serologic testing and percutaneous liver biopsy.

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    Ascites as a result of cirrhosis accounts for 80% of patients who present with ascites in the US, and ascites occurs within 10 years in over 50% of those diagnosed with cirrhosis. The remaining 20% of ascites cases are often diagnosed through a combination of serologic testing and percutaneous liver biopsy.

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    Ascites as a result of cirrhosis accounts for 80% of patients who present with ascites in the US, and ascites occurs within 10 years in over 50% of those diagnosed with cirrhosis. The remaining 20% of ascites cases are often diagnosed through a combination of serologic testing and percutaneous liver biopsy.

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    EPIDEMIOLOGY

    Prevalence

    Ascites as a result of cirrhosis accounts for 80% of patients who present with ascites in
    the US

    Ascites occurs within 10 years in > 50% of those diagnosed with cirrhosis

    The remaining 20% of often is made by serologic testing in combination with


    percutaneous liver biopsy

    List of possible causes is long and varied

    A number of conditions that typically cause a hepatocellular pattern of injury can also
    present as cholestatic variants

    Hepatitis B and C can cause cholestatic hepatitis with histologic features that mimic
    large duct obtruction

    A disease variant has been reported in patients who have undergone solid organ
    transplantation

    Hepatitis A, alcoholic hepatitis, EBV and CMV may present as cholestatic liver disease

    Drug induced cholestasis

    Usually reversible after eliminating the offending drug

    May take many months to resolve

    ascites are secondary to:

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