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5°C or at least two episodes of oral temperature ≥ 38°C appearing at least 12 hours apart in a patient with absolute neutrophil count ≤ 500/ml); (2) fever of unknown origin (FUO) (defined as oral temperature ≥ 37°C lasting for at least 7 days and no infectious or non-infectious cause of the fever has been identified); (3) lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly or splenomegaly not associated directly with the diagnosis or relapse of the cancer; (4) liver enzymes (aspartataminotransferase or alaninaminotransferase) elevation above 2 standard deviations of normal values; (5) protracted (≥ 14 days) bone marrow aplasia (defined as presence of at least two of the following: leukocytes ≤ 1,000/ml, thrombocytes ≤ 30,000/ml, hemoglobin ≤ 80 g/l in peripheral blood) without the evidence of chemotherapy- or radiotherapy-induced aplasia; (6) gastroenteritis; (7) atypical pneumonia; (8) exanthema; and (9) encephalopathy.
hepatomegaly) to well proven cases of liver disease [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 28 ] . Denko in 1960 reported that 12% of patients with SS had hepatosplenomegaly [ 29 ] . Other studies done in the 1960's also confirmed hepatomegaly in 18-20% of patients with SS [ 30 31 ] . In 1970, Whaley reported liver disease in 6% of patients with SS and mentioned an association with anti-mitochondrial antibodies [ 2 ] . In 1986, Tsianos and co-workers described 22 SS patients with gastrointestinal complications, called from a large cohort; only two patients had liver disease, each with chronic active hepatitis [ 4 ] . Other studies have reported variable prevalence [ 3 28 ] and different histopathological findings in liver biopsies ranging from cholestatic liver damage (stage I primary biliary cirrhosis) to chronic active hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus.
Significant findings on her physical exam included a distended abdomen with hepatomegaly and hypotonia.
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