6. Copper cookware. Copper leaches into food when heated, prompting the FDA to caution against using unlined copper for general use. Accordingly, the cooking surfaces are usually lined with tin, nickel or stainless steel. Coated copper cookware can lose its protective layer if damaged or scoured.
FREE subscriptions for doctors and students... click here. You have 3 open access pages. Hepatosplenomegaly is enlargement of both the spleen and liver. Causes include: infection: acute viral hepatitis. infectious mononucleosis.
Possible causes of massive hepatomegaly include cancer (either primary in the liver or metastasized from elsewhere in the body), right-sided heart failure, myeloproliferative disorders (a disease of the red blood cells), and severe alcoholic or non-alcoholic liver disease.