Hepatosplenomegaly

Hepatosplenomegaly is a combination of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, so enlargement of the liver and spleen.

It occurs in hematological diseases with accelerated extramedullary hematopoiesis. It also occurs in infectious diseases ( infectious mononucleosis, malaria , tuberculosis , typhoid fever , brucellosis , intestinal leishmaniasis ), cardiovascular diseases ( right heart failure ), metabolic diseases ( Gaucher disease ) or liver diseases ( liver cirrhosis ).

Source

 * STAŇKOVÁ, Marie, Vilma MAREŠOVÁ and Jiří VANIŠTA. Infectious mononucleosis [online]. [feeling. 2017-01-05]. < http://www.medicabaze.cz/?sec=term_detail&tname=Mononukle%C3%B3za+infek%C4%8Dn%C3%AD&termId=1609&h=hepatosplenomegalie#jump >.

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