Diagnosaurus
Hepatomegaly
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DDx
- Viral, eg, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitisE, infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus
- Bacterial, eg, leptospirosis, brucellosis
- Protozoal & helminthic, eg, malaria, leishmaniasis, amebiasis, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, fascioliasis, clonorchiasis, filariasis
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Toxic hepatitis
- Fatty liver
- Cirrhosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Hepatocellular carcinoma or metastatic cancer
- Leukemia or myeloproliferative disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Infiltrative disease, eg, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis
- Carcinoma of the biliary tract
- Normal variant, eg, Riedel’s lobe
- Sickle cell disease
- Polycystic disease of the liver
- Glycogen storage disease
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DDx
- Viral, eg, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitisE, infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus
- Bacterial, eg, leptospirosis, brucellosis
- Protozoal & helminthic, eg, malaria, leishmaniasis, amebiasis, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, fascioliasis, clonorchiasis, filariasis
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Toxic hepatitis
- Fatty liver
- Cirrhosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Hepatocellular carcinoma or metastatic cancer
- Leukemia or myeloproliferative disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Infiltrative disease, eg, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis
- Carcinoma of the biliary tract
- Normal variant, eg, Riedel’s lobe
- Sickle cell disease
- Polycystic disease of the liver
- Glycogen storage disease
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hepatomegaly." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114723/all/Hepatomegaly.
Zeiger RFR. Hepatomegaly. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114723/all/Hepatomegaly. Accessed March 28, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Hepatomegaly. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114723/all/Hepatomegaly
Zeiger RFR. Hepatomegaly [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114723/all/Hepatomegaly.
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