USEFULNESS OF THE LAPAROSCOP FOR THE INTRACTABLE AND CRYPTOGENIC ASCITES

Abstract

A Case 1 was 62-year-old man with intractable and cryptogenic ascites. Laparoscope was revealed several white nodules at peritoneum. The result of the biopsy was the malignant mesoepithelioma of the peritoneum. A case 2 was 64-year-old man with intractable and cryptogenic ascites. Laparoscop showed the intra-abdominal organs were coated with white thick membrane. The result of the biopsy was the non-specific chronic inflammation. So we diagnosed encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. We dispensed antibiotics according to the culture and sensitivity. Antibiotics was effective and accites was decreased. Laparoscopic examination for the patient with intractable and cryptogenic ascites was useful.