Chapter 23, Problem 6CRCAQ

The janitor who cleaned the anatomy lab had a protruding abdomen that looked like the biggest beer-belly" the students had ever seen, even though the rest of his body did not look fat at all. Another janitor on the floor told some students that the man was a recovering alcoholic and that he had� over a hundred pounds of fluid in his belly.� What was the man’s probable condition? (See this chapter's Related Clinical Terms.)