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Undifferentiated shock in a cirrhotic patient: Ascites matters |
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| Authors: | Antigoni Xenou Eugenia Vranou Konstantinos A. Boulas Maria Nathanailidou Eytyxia Kyriakidou Konstantinos Sitaridis Isaac Filippidis Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Drama, Drama Greece ; 2. Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Drama, Drama Greece |
| Abstract: | In cirrhotic patients with undifferentiated shock, early CT with emphasis in ascitic fluid density should be performed to exclude rare causes of shock such as secondary peritonitis or hemoperitoneum. |
| Keywords: | cirrhosis hemoperitoneum hepatocellular carcinoma rupture shock |