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Cirrhosis of the liver

Liver fattening, CT scan

Liver with disproportional fattening, CT scan

The term "liver disease" applies to many diseases and disorders that cause the liver to function improperly or stop functioning. Abdominal pain, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or abnormal results of liver function tests suggest you have liver disease.

See also:

• Amebic liver abscess
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Biliary atresia
• Cirrhosis
• Coccidioidomycosis; disseminated
• Delta agent (hepatitis D)
• Drug-induced cholestasis
• Hemochromatosis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Liver disease due to alcohol
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Pyogenic liver abscess
• Reye syndrome
• Sclerosing cholangitis
• Wilson's disease

Review Date: 08/14/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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