Enlargement of the Heart (Cardiomegaly): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).

  • Anemia (anemia), unspecified.

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Acromegaly – endocrinologic disorder caused by overproduction of growth hormone (somatotropic hormone (STH), somatotropin), with marked enlargement of the phalanges or acras, such as the hands, feet, lower jaw, chin, nose, and eyebrow ridges.
  • Amyloidosis – extracellular (“outside the cell”) deposits of amyloids (degradation-resistant proteins) that can lead to cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease), neuropathy (peripheral nervous system disease), and hepatomegaly (liver enlargement), among other conditions.
  • Hemochromatosis (iron storage disease) – genetic disease with autosomal recessive inheritance with increased deposition of iron as a result of increased iron concentration in the blood with tissue damage.
  • Hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism).

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

Further

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