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ArticleClinical case reports2026

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Presenting as Isolated Malignant Ascites in the Absence of a Detectable Primary Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Angad Tiwari, Ashish Sharma, Monica Lewkowicz, Hareesha Rishab Bharadwaj, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Edgar Naut

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Angad TiwariDepartment of Internal Medicine Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College Jhansi Uttar Pradesh India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9018-8328
Ashish SharmaUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine Hartford Connecticut USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2698-0128
Monica LewkowiczUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine Hartford Connecticut USA.
Hareesha Rishab BharadwajRoyal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent UK.
Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed AhmedFaculty of Medicine University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-5321
Edgar NautTrinity Health of New England Hartford Connecticut USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 89-year-old woman presented with abdominal distension and altered mental status. Non-portal-hypertensive ascites suggested spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, but ascitic-fluid cytology with immunoprofiling and circulating tumor-DNA confirmed non-small cell lung carcinoma despite no detectable primary tumor, underscoring early consideration of malignancy in unexplained ascites.

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ascitic fluid cytologycarcinoma of unknown primarymalignant ascitesnon‐small cell lung carcinomaspontaneous bacterial peritonitis

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PMCPMC13365798

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