Gamuts

Ascites in an infant or child

Hydrops fetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments. By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion is an accumulation of excessive fluid in the allantoic or amniotic space, respectively. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Anasarca
Appendiceal perforation
Biliary atresia
Cardiac disease
Constrictive pericarditis
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction
Glomerulonephritis
Hemorrhage
Hydrops fetalis
Hypoproteinemia
Inferior vena cava obstruction
Nephrotic syndrome with hypoproteinemia
Peritonitis
Polycystic liver
Surgery
Trauma
Uremia
Urine ascites
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
 Uncommon
Antitrypsinase deficiency
Galactosemia
Gaucher disease
Hemolytic anemia with ascites
Hydrometrocolpos with rupture and plastic peritonitis
Lysosomal storage disease
Meigs syndrome
Metastatic disease to peritoneum
Neonatal chylous ascites
Perforated Meckel diverticulum
Preduodenal portal vein
Renal vein thrombosis
Ruptured ovarian cyst
Schistosomiasis
Thromboembolism of hepatic veins
Thrombosis of inferior vena cava
Tuberculosis
Tyrosinemia
Wilson disease

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