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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1729-519X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev haban cienc méd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1729-519X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1729-519X2021000500008</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Causas infrecuentes de ascitis: Reporte de 5 casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Uncommon causes of ascites: Report of 5 cases]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Odriozola Guitart]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Treviño González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julián]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1729-519X2021000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1729-519X2021000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1729-519X2021000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La ascitis se define como la presencia de líquido en la cavidad peritoneal. La etiología más común la constituyen las enfermedades hepáticas que cursan con hipertensión portal, dentro de ellas la cirrosis hepática reportada en un 40 %, a 5 años de seguimiento de los casos. Estudios previos muestran que la ascitis por enfermedad cirrótica hepática es entre un 80-85 %, también la carcinomatosis se presenta en un 10 %, y dentro de las causas más raras están la insuficiencia cardiaca y la tuberculosis peritoneal en un 3 %, junto con la trombosis de la vena porta, sarcoidosis, tumores intraperitoneales, ascitis pancreática y la enteritis eosinofílica.  Objetivo: Describir presentaciones clínicas infrecuentes como causa de ascitis en pacientes hospitalizados en el Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221;.  Presentación de casos:  Se presentan cinco casos que ingresaron en el Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras con diagnóstico de Ascitis: quilosa, hemorrágica, eosinofílica y coloide, con las patologías que los llevaron a esa manifestación clínica y una breve descripción de la misma.  Conclusión:  El análisis de las presentaciones clínicas de los casos, los hallazgos en los estudios imagenológicos y en los exámenes de laboratorio, así como los resultados anatomopatológicos permitieron el diagnóstico de las entidades causantes de ascitis atípicas en estos pacientes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Ascites is defined as the presence of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. The most common etiology is liver diseases with portal hypertension; among them liver cirrhosis is reported in 40 % of cases with 5-year follow-up. Previous studies demonstrate that ascites due to cirrhotic liver disease occurs in 80-85 % of the cases, that carcinomatosis is also present in 10 %, and also that among the rarest causes, heart failure and peritoneal tuberculosis are present in 3 % of cases along with portal vein thrombosis, sarcoidosis, intraperitoneal tumors, pancreatic ascites and eosinophilic enteritis.  Objective: To describe uncommon clinical presentations as cause of ascites in patients admitted to &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221; Clinical Surgical Hospital.  Case presentation: Five cases of patients admitted to &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221; Clinical Surgical Hospital with the diagnosis of ascites: chylous, hemorrhagic, eosinophilic and colloid as well as the pathologies that led them to this clinical manifestation and a brief description of it are presented.  Conclusion:  The analysis of the clinical presentation of the cases, the findings in the imaging studies and laboratory tests and the anatomopathological results allowed the diagnosis of the entities causing atypical ascites in these patients.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ascitis quilosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ascitis hemorrágica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ascitis eosinofílica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ascitis coloide]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chylous ascites]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hemorrhagic ascites]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[eosinophilic ascites]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[colloid ascites]]></kwd>
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