Enlarged liver
Definition:
An enlarged liver is one that's bigger than normal. The liver is a large, football-shaped organ found in the upper right portion of your abdomen. The medical term for enlarged liver is hepatomegaly (hep-uh-to-MEG-uh-le).
Enlarged liver isn't a disease. It's a sign of an underlying problem, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure or cancer.
Treatment for enlarged liver involves identifying and controlling the underlying cause of the condition.
Symptoms:
An enlarged liver may not cause any symptoms.
When enlarged liver occurs because of liver disease, it may be accompanied by:
Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any symptoms that worry you.
Causes:
Many diseases and conditions can cause an enlarged liver, including:
Liver diseases
Treatments and drugs:
Treatment for enlarged liver involves diagnosing and treating the underlying condition that's causing it.
Definition:
An enlarged liver is one that's bigger than normal. The liver is a large, football-shaped organ found in the upper right portion of your abdomen. The medical term for enlarged liver is hepatomegaly (hep-uh-to-MEG-uh-le).
Enlarged liver isn't a disease. It's a sign of an underlying problem, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure or cancer.
Treatment for enlarged liver involves identifying and controlling the underlying cause of the condition.
Symptoms:
An enlarged liver may not cause any symptoms.
When enlarged liver occurs because of liver disease, it may be accompanied by:
- Abdominal pain
- Fatigue
- Nausea and vomiting
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes (jaundice)
Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any symptoms that worry you.
Causes:
Many diseases and conditions can cause an enlarged liver, including:
Liver diseases
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis caused by a virus — including hepatitis A, B and C — or caused by infectious mononucleosis
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Alcoholic fatty liver disease
- A disorder that causes abnormal protein to accumulate in your liver (amyloidosis)
- A disorder that causes copper to accumulate in your liver (Wilson's disease)
- A disorder that causes iron to accumulate in your liver (hemachromatosis)
- A disorder that causes fatty substances to accumulate in your liver (Gaucher's disease)
- Fluid-filled pockets in the liver (liver cysts)
- Noncancerous liver tumors, including hemangioma and adenoma
- Obstruction of the gallbladder or bile ducts
- Toxic hepatitis
- Cancer that begins in another part of the body and spreads to the liver
- Leukemia
- Liver cancer
- Lymphoma
- Blockage of the veins that drain the liver (Budd-Chiari syndrome)
- Heart failure
- Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart (pericarditis)
Treatments and drugs:
Treatment for enlarged liver involves diagnosing and treating the underlying condition that's causing it.
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