# ReginaldoCastro

**Internal Medicine**

**Patient Details:**

- **Gender:** Male  
- **Age:** 81 years old.  
- **Symptoms:** Five days ago he had hyperchromic and pruritic lesions on the abdomen and limbs. He said that he has had this problem for a long time and it presents processes of crisis and improvement.  
- **Medical History:** Hypertensive and diabetic.  
- **Medications:** Uses Metformin; Losartan and Clonazepam (for sleep).

### What is the probable diagnosis?

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### Patient Case Analysis

**Summary of Case:**  
Male patient presenting with various symptoms leading to diagnostic questions:

1. What is the syndrome called when there is leaking ascites fluid from an umbilical hernia?  
2. What is your primary concern in a patient with a portal of entry to the peritoneal cavity with known ascites?  
3. What are two primary reasons the ascites fluid leaking could be yellow cream-like?  
4. What is the condition called if the patient has yellow cream-like fluid without infection?

**Case Reference:**  
[Jaundice and parotid enlargement as well as swelling of the abdomen and feet.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/2013fa01-807d-4016-aa2b-7ff8f4038d60)

**Case Reference:**  
[29-year-old with etoh history in liver failure with massive varices and massive hemorrhage.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/2764a268-bda1-420e-84e4-c7c02be75840)

**Case Reference:**  
[Seen in patient with tense ascites secondary to cirrhosis.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/383749bf-f535-4b61-b872-b6a62e824053)

**Case Reference:**  
[Patient in late teens presenting after a collapse, no chest pain.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/2af390e1-ace8-40ed-ba1c-98fb2d72f4c5)

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