Hepatomegaly
Palpable Liver without Hepatic Pathology
Normal variant
Thin or flaccid abdominal wall
Depressed right diaphragm (e.g., emphysema)
Subdiaphragmatic lesion (e.g., abscess)
Riedel's lobe
True Hepatic Enlargement
Inflammatory liver disease
Hepatitis
Infectious
Viral
Schistosomiasis
Other
Alcoholic
Other toxins
Drug-induced
Autoimmune
Steatohepatitis
Steatosis
Other
Abscess
Pyogenic
Amebic
Cholangitis
Suppurative
Sclerosing
Pericholangitis (especially related to ulcerative colitis)
Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis
Alcoholic
Posthepatitic
Postnecrotic
Cholestatic
Metabolic disorders
Hemochromatosis
Alpha
1-antitrypsin deficiency
Wilson's disease
Cystic fibrosis
Other causes
Extrahepatic biliary obstruction
Choledocholithiasis
Biliary stricture
Pancreatitis
Carcinoma
Bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma)
Head of pancreas
Ampulla of Vater
External compression
Hepatic congestion
Congestive heart failure
Constrictive pericarditis
Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic outflow obstruction)
Thrombosis
Tumor
Web (inferior vena cava)
Veno-occlusive disease
Jamaican herbal tea
After bone-marrow transplantation
Infiltrative disorders, storage diseases
Lipid accumulation
Fatty liver
Alcohol
Diabetes mellitus
Obesity
Severe protein malnutrition
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Jejunoileal bypass
Parenteral hyperalimentation
Corticosteroids, Cushing's syndrome
Fatty liver of pregnancy
Massive tetracycline therapy
Toxins (e.g., carbon tetrachloride,
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane)
Reye's syndrome
Lipid storage disease (especially Gaucher's disease, Niemann-Pick disease)
Glycogen accumulation
Glycogen storage disease
Diabetic glycogenosis
Granulomatous infiltration (especially sarcoidosis, miliary tuberculosis, disseminated fungal diseases, some drug reactions)
Myelo- and lymphoproliferative disorders
Lymphoma
Myeloid metaplasia
Multiple myeloma
Leukemia
Amyloidosis
Congenital hepatic fibrosis
Hemochromatosis
Wilson's disease
Alpha
1-antitrypsin deficiency
Hurler's syndrome
Neoplasms
Primary
Malignant
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma
Angiosarcoma
Benign
Hepatic adenoma
Hemangioma
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Adenoma
Metastatic
Pancreas
Colon
Lung
Breast
Stomach
Kidney
Esophagus
Carcinoid
Cysts
Congenital
Solitary
Polycystic
Acquired (especially echinococcal)
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Jaundice
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- JAUNDICE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 2008 Williams & Wilkins.
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