Ascites of neoplasic origin

The wicked ascites understands 10% of the cases of ascites and it is usually caused by intra-abdominal tumors, being a manifestation of advanced wicked illness and being associated with a poor prediction. In general the ascites is defined like the abnormal accumulation of liquid in the peritoneal cavity that is of a misbalance among the production, the replacement and the absorption of the peritoneal liquid. This due to an imbalance among the pressure colloid osmotic of the plasma, the veined pressure, the circulatory and lymphatic volume, the same as to alterations in the renal expression of sodium and of water or for alteration in the permeability of the capillary sub peritoneal. The Ascites can to intervene seriously in the breathing function and with the foods ingestion, worsening in dramatic form the general state of the patients