hepatomegaly

Examples

• All

• The doctor diagnosed her with hepatomegaly after the ultrasound indicated an enlarged liver.

• Clinical examination revealed cyanosis, hepatomegaly, and pretibial oedema.

  Academic text (2007)

• Six patients still had hepatomegaly, and one had hepatosplenomegaly.

  Academic text (1999)

• Seven patients still had splenomegaly, and two had hepatomegaly.

  Academic text (1999)

• A physical examination for hepatomegaly was done by measuring the distance between the upper and lower borders of the liver at the mid-clavicular line using a tape measure.

  Academic text (2016)

• There was no apparent correlation between the degree of hepatomegaly and tracer uptake in the liver.

  Academic text (1996)

• The patient with Mauriac syndrome had dwarfism, hepatomegaly, and elevated ALT.

  Academic text (2016)

• A liver span greater than one standard deviation above the mean liver span for any given age was reported as hepatomegaly (Konus et al., 1998).

  Academic text (2016)

• However, all nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors carry the risk of lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly.

  Academic text (2005)

• At age 5 months, she developed tachypnoea with widespread pulmonary infiltrates, mild anaemia, and marked lymphocytosis (89,000/mL) (table 1), together with persistent hepatomegaly.

  Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

M

megalohepatia

vshepatomegaly

• Specialized

9.9

A liver that is larger than normal

has identical medical meaning but is a different term form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology