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Anorexia nervosa manifesting as massive ascites, hypercholesterolemia, and sequential binge eating in an 11-year-old girl: A case report.

Hung-Hao FanI-Cheng LinJing-Er ChenWei-Hua LeeShiuh-Bin Fang
Published in: Medicine (2020)
Diagnostic crossover between subtypes in anorexia nervosa might be a potential risk factor for illness severity and poor prognosis. AN can manifest as massive ascites with normal albumin concentrations that could possibly be due to chronic inflammation of the intestinal serosa, mesentery, and peritoneal surface of the liver.
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