6. Copper cookware. Copper leaches into food when heated, prompting the FDA to caution against using unlined copper for general use. Accordingly, the cooking surfaces are usually lined with tin, nickel or stainless steel. Coated copper cookware can lose its protective layer if damaged or scoured.
FREE subscriptions for doctors and students... click here. You have 3 open access pages. Hepatosplenomegaly is enlargement of both the spleen and liver. Causes include: infection: acute viral hepatitis. infectious mononucleosis.
1 Budd-Chiari syndrome is caused by the blockage of the hepatic veins (those that drain the liver). 2  This causes the triad of ascites, abdominal pain, and hepatosplenomegaly (enlargement of the liver and spleen). 3  Cancer that has metastasized or spread to the liver can also be the source of ascites.