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MeSH Heading: Splenomegaly
Tree Number(s): C23.300.775.750
Unique ID: D013163
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013163
Annotation: do not confuse with HYPERSPLENISM, increase in splenic hemolytic function; IM only if point of article; do not index at all if the usual symptom of a disease; NIM if merely one of many symptoms in article
Scope Note: Enlargement of the spleen.
Entry Term(s): Enlarged Spleen
NLM Classification #: WH 600
See Also: Hypersplenism
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/04

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Splenomegaly MeSH Descriptor Data 2025