Hepatolienal syndrome. A guide for practicing physicians

The hepatolienal syndrome is a pathological syndrome characterized by the combined enlargement of the liver and spleen, due to a common connection with the portal vein, shared lymphatic drainage, common innervation, and belonging to a single system of mononuclear phagocytes.
This syndrome always develops as one of the manifestations or complications of some pathological process in the body, therefore it is not a nosological form and cannot be used as a primary diagnosis.

In this book:
- Clinical picture of hepatolienal syndrome.
- Syndromes associated with HLS.
- Features of hepatolienal syndrome in various diseases.

Diagnostic search for identifying hepatosplenomegaly:
- Analysis of complaints.
- History.
- Physical examination.
- Laboratory and instrumental diagnostics.
- The significance of individual laboratory indicators.

Differential diagnosis.
Management tactics for patients with hepatolienal syndrome.