Causes of abdominal distension
This is also a common complaint of patient, caused by the
"5F" -Fat, flatus, fluid, faeces and fetus
Fat - Obesity
Flatus - Obstruction / ileus
Fluid - Ascites
Faeces - Constipation
Causes of abdominal distension
Obesity - Fat deposition in intra-abdominal and abdominal wall.
Ascites
- Peritoneal disease
- Portal HTN
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Gastric outlet
- Small intestinal
- Large intestinal
- Massive hepatomegaly
- Massive splenomegaly
- Hydronephrosis
- Neuroblastoma
- Wilm's tumor
- Abdominal lymphadenopatfty - ТВ,
- Lymphoma
- Mesenteric cyst
- Ovarian tumors
- Uterus - in pregnancy
