Malignant ascites can develop with late stage pancreatic cancer. Ascites involves the buildup of fluid in the abdomen. Doctors can drain the fluid to relieve symptoms, but fluid may return. Ascites ...

Discover the role of the human body mesentery: a single band of tissue vital for digestive health and organ classification. To the 78 organs that make up the human body, a group of scientists says we ...

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary tumors in the abdominal cavity at the time of diagnosis. These metastases are ...

Jaipur: Surgeons at SMS Hospital Saturday said they had cured a rare condition in an 11-year-old boy, whose liver, ...

When we think about body fat, most of us focus on what we see in the mirror, the soft tissue we can pinch on our arms or waist. However, not all fat is created equal. Your body stores fat in two very ...

Bands of scar tissue that join two parts of tissue together that would otherwise not be physiologically joined together constitute adhesions. These abnormal connections have a plastic wrap appearance.

The study shows that seven out of ten ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed at a late stage after the spread of the disease in the fatty apron (situated in front of the intestines). The findings ...