Minor splenomegaly
Minor splenomegaly may be caused by:
- early stages of diseases causing massive and moderate splenomegaly
- polycythaemia rubra vera
- essential thrombocythaemia
- haemolytic anaemia
- viral infection:
- infectious mononucleosis
- viral hepatitis
- bacterial infection:
- infective endocarditis
- miliary tuberculosis
- connective tissue disorders:
- rheumatoid arthritis
- polyarteritis nodosa
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- Felty's syndrome
- infiltrative disorders:
- amyloidosis
- sarcoidosis
- metastatic disease
- histiocytoses e.g. Letterer-Siwe disease
- megaloblastic anaemia - rarely
Related pages
- Assessment and investigation of splenomegaly
- Infective endocarditis
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Hepatitis (viral)
- Amyloidosis
- Felty's syndrome
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Tuberculosis (miliary)
- Schistosomiasis
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Histiocytosis X
- Thrombocytosis (essential)
- Anaemia (macrocytic with a megaloblastic bone marrow)
- Polycythaemia vera
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