Hepatomegaly

Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver beyond its normal size. Certain conditions such as infection, parasites, tumors, anemias, toxic states, storage diseases, heart failure, congenital heart disease, and metabolic disturbances may all cause an enlarged liver.
Review Date: 09/22/2006
Reviewed By: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of
Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer
Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network.


















