From:
"janarickel@earthlink.net"
Date: 2007-09-22 20:04:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Lymph fluid in the abdomen
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I seem to have missed the previous post(s) on this thread, so I'm not
sure how much we know about the case. Ascites due to
cardiomyopathies or liver insufficiency is often characterized by low
protein concentrations and low cellularity. Peritoneal fluid in
lymphoma or from lymph leakage (chylous effusion) will have higher
numbers of cells, especially lymphocytes.
When there is acute chylous effusion, cells seen will be mostly small
lymphocytes; when long-standing, there will be more inflammatory
cells (neutrophils & macrophages). If the patient is eating, the
presence of chylous effusion can be confirmed by computing his/her
serum cholesterol:triglyceride ratio, or by comparing the amount of
triglyceride in the abdominal fluid to that the serum. If there is
chylous effusion secondary to lymphoma, immature lymphocytes known as
lymphoblasts will usually be present.
HTH,
Jana
RUSVM, Class of 2009
On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Sukie Crandall wrote:
> How does this differ from the ascites which is most common with
> heart diseases such as
> dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, A/V Node
> Block, etc. or less
> commonly with some other things such as some cases of lymphoma,
> some of kidney disease,
> or some of liver disease, etc.?
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