3B81.B
category
Hypersplenism
Definition
A disease caused by determinants such as cirrhosis, malaria, tuberculosis or inflammatory disorders leading overactive spleen function. This disease is characterised by the presence of an enlarged spleen. Confirmation is by identification through medical imaging.
Exclusions
- Splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified
(ME10.01) - congenital splenomegaly
(LB22)
Also indexed as
Agnogenic myeloid metaplasiaGamna diseaseGandy Nanta diseaseHypersplenismMyelogenous metaplasiaMyeloid metaplasiaSplenic primary panhaematopeniabig spleen syndromehyperfunction of spleenhyperspleniaincreased splenic activityspleen metaplasiasplenic metaplasia