Case report: horse or zebra, ascites or pseudo-ascites? Care for pictural details!

• Main Authors: Alessandro Rossi (Author), Fabiola Di Dato (Author), Raffaele Iorio (Author), Gianfranco Vallone (Author), Carmine Mollica (Author), Maria Grazia Caprio (Author), Jean De Ville De Goyet (Author), Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pseudo-ascites is a very rare condition in children and remains a challenging diagnosis. Targeted imaging may be helpful, but a high index of clinical suspicion is often necessary to guide the investigations, as pseudo-ascites may efficiently mimic true ascites. To date, still ma...