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What drug causes liver tumors?
antidepresants
What causes bleeding of the spleen?
Spleens become enlarged if you have internal bleeding.
What causes crystals in the liver and spleen?
alcohol obesity and too many calories
What causes a high white count and low platelets?
Liver cancer/ leukemia
Can drinking mess up your spleen?
Essentially drinking can mess up a persons spleen. This is because excessive drinking can damage the liver which causes Cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can cause an enlarged spleen.
What is the medical term meaning enlargement of the liver and spleen?
The medical term for enlargement of the liver and spleen is hepatosplenomegaly.
What causes an enlarged liver in a junior dog?
Can anyone tell me what could cause an enlarged spleen and liver in a Junior female dog aged 6months?
Is biliverdin reductase in the liver or spleen?
primarily the liver
Where are the liver and spleen located?
Both are in the abdomen. The liver is up under the right ribs and the spleen is under the left ribs.
Which germs can damage organs and cause a spleen to rupture?
Malaria commonly causes enlargement of liver and spleen. Enlargement of the spleen can be enormous. ( Upto umbilicus can be found. At times larger than this.) Spleen does not rupture due to enlargement. But then small blow to upper and outer or central abdomen can cause rupture of spleen and death.
Is the spleen contralateral to the liver?
Yes
What diseases of the spleen can be diagnosed with abdominal ultrasound?
The spleen is particularly prone to injury during abdominal trauma. It may also become painfully inflamed when infected or cancerous. The spleen can become enlarged with some forms of liver disease
