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- noun enlargement of both the
liver andspleen .
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Hepatitis can be caused by infections, medications or other diseases hepatomegaly - enlarged liver. hepatosplenomegaly - enlarged spleen and liver.
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Physical examination revealed a well-appearing young woman, blood pressure 210/140 mm Hg in both arms, fundoscopic exam was normal, lungs were clear, cardiac exam revealed II/VI systolic ejection murmur, abdomen was nontender without hepatosplenomegaly, stool was guaiac negative, neurologic and musculoskeletal exams were normal.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Clinical features, which are shared by the inherited and the acquired forms, include nonremitting high fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia of at least two lineages, and/or elevations in pro-inflammatory cytokines and soluble CD25.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Claudia A. Nold-Petry et al. 2010
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Clinical features, which are shared by the inherited and the acquired forms, include nonremitting high fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia of at least two lineages, and/or elevations in pro-inflammatory cytokines and soluble CD25.
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At 3 months of age, the female infant was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of the J.W. Goethe University Hospital at Frankfurt am Main with the classic presentation of FHL characterized by a sepsis-like clinical picture with hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, and impaired liver function.
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At 3 months of age, the female infant was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of the J.W. Goethe University Hospital at Frankfurt am Main with the classic presentation of FHL characterized by a sepsis-like clinical picture with hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, and impaired liver function.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Claudia A. Nold-Petry et al. 2010
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The rise in body temperature is accompanied by a severe headache, anorexia nervosa, severe pain in the abdomen, cough and hepatosplenomegaly.
unknown title 2009
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Enlargement of liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly)
foodconsumer.org 2009
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Clinical manifestations of the disease are the simultaneous enlargement of both the liver and the spleen [hepatosplenomegaly], skeletal disorders, and, in some instances, lung, kidney, and central nervous system impairment with the progression sometimes ending in death.
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A man presents with a fever of 109 degrees, swollen lymph nodes, and hepatosplenomegaly.
awils1 commented on the word hepatosplenomegaly
From Steman’s Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions:
“The enlargement of the liver and spleen”.
September 29, 2008