| 11. | However, the most frequent post-mortem lesions are necrosis of the liver, and splenomegaly.
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| 12. | Splenic infarction is also more common in hematological disorders with associated splenomegaly, such as the myeloproliferative disorders.
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| 13. | Other causes of splenomegaly ( for example, Gaucher disease or hemoglobinopathies ) can also predispose to infarction.
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| 14. | XMEN patients have splenomegaly, chronic Epstein Barr Virus ( EBV ) infection, and are developmentally normal.
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| 15. | Enlargement of the spleen is called splenomegaly, which also contributes to causing pancytopenia, particularly thrombocytopenia and anemia.
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| 16. | Currently, several such signs of splenomegaly exist, all of whose utility has been debated in medical literature.
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| 17. | It rarely presents with other findings, although, atherosclerosis, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy can occur.
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| 18. | The most common cause of acute splenomegaly in children is viral infection, which is transient and usually moderate.
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| 19. | The treatment of tropical splenomegaly syndrome involve administration of antimalarial drug followed by prophylaxis for prolonged periods of time.
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| 20. | Splenomegaly, although associated with numerous diseases, remains one of the more elusive physical exam findings in the abdomen.
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