Author(s)

A. C. Dovonou¹, A. C. Alassani^1*, K. Saké¹, S. Adè¹, C. A. Attinsounon¹, S. Ahoui¹, J. Degla¹, Tognon F. Tchégnonsi¹, D. M. Zannou², G. Adè², F. Houngbé²

¹Departemental Teaching Hospital of Borgou, Parakou, Benin.
²National Teaching Hospital, Cotonou, Benin.

Goals: The study has been initiated in order to describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological aspect of the ascites. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study on the patients with an ascite and followed at the medicine department of Borgou departmental teaching hospital. Results: A total of 190 patients have presented an ascite or a hospital prevalence at 3.93%. A male predominance has been observed with a sex-ratio at 1.7. The average age was 39.7 ± 13.9 years. The reason for consultation is dominated by the increase of the abdominal volume (69.5%). The ascite fluid is macroscopically yellow citrine. The cirrhosis (28.5%) and the heart diseases (18.6%) were the most encountered causes of the ascites. Conclusion: The etiologies of ascites are various and dominated by the hepatic cirrhosis and the heart diseases.

Profile, Ascite, Medicine Department, Parakou

Dovonou, A. , Alassani, A. , Saké, K. , Adè, S. , Attinsounon, C. , Ahoui, S. , Degla, J. , Tchégnonsi, T. , Zannou, D. , Adè, G. and Houngbé, F. (2017) Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects of Ascites in the Medicine Department at the Departmental University Hospital of Borgou. Open Journal of Internal Medicine, 7, 58-63. doi: 10.4236/ojim.2017.73006.