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Catalog of Clinical Images
Ascites with Shifting Dullness: Ascitic fluid will flow to the most
dependent portions of the abdomen.
The air-filled intestines will float on top of this liquid. The technique of
shifting dullness makes use of
this relationship in order to detect the presence
of ascitic fluid.
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