title: Hepatomegaly. An approach to differential diagnosis.
abstract: Hepatomegaly is not an uncommon occurrence in infancy and childhood. When the pediatrician encounters a patient with an enlarged liver, he must carefully evaluate that patient in order to determine the necessary approach to establishing a diagnosis. Specific emphasis must be made as to those conditions which necessitate hospital admission and complete evaluation and those self-limited conditions which may resolve with time.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013010:Sonication; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology