moderate splenomegaly

Last reviewed 01/2018

The causes of moderate splenomegaly include:

  • early stages of the diseases causing massive splenomegaly

  • right heart failure

  • portal hypertension:
    • splenic/portal vein thrombosis
    • hepatic cirrhosis
    • Budd-Chiari syndrome

  • lymphoma

  • lymphocytic leukaemias

  • thalassaemias

  • metabolic disease:
    • Gaucher's disease
    • Niemann-Pick disease
    • mucopolysaccharidoses
    • glycogen storage disease