For Injuries associated with liver, see Liver injury.
Medical condition
Liver disease
Other names
Hepatic disease
A gross pathology specimen of liver metastases caused by pancreatic cancer
Specialty
Hepatology, gastroenterology
Types
Fatty liver disease, Hepatitis (and several more)[1]
Diagnostic method
Liver function tests[2]
Treatment
Depends on type(See types)
Liver disease, or hepatic disease, is any of many diseases of the liver.[1] If long-lasting it is termed chronic liver disease.[3] Although the diseases differ in detail, liver diseases often have features in common.
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Liverdisease, or hepatic disease, is any of many diseases of the liver. If long-lasting it is termed chronic liverdisease. Although the diseases differ...
Fatty liverdisease (FLD), also known as hepatic steatosis and steatotic liverdisease (SLD), is a condition where excess fat builds up in the liver. Often...
Alcoholic liverdisease (ALD), also called alcohol-related liverdisease (ARLD), is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption...
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liverdisease, is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar...
Chronic liverdisease in the clinical context is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration of...
produced by the liver in response to injury or inflammation. The most common chronic liverdisease is nonalcoholic fatty liverdisease, which affects an...
of intact liver function. Most liverdiseases cause only mild symptoms initially, but these diseases must be detected early. Hepatic (liver) involvement...
Polycystic liverdisease (PLD) usually describes the presence of multiple cysts scattered throughout normal liver tissue. PLD is commonly seen in association...
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs (such as jaundice) of liverdisease, and indicates that the...
971 Acute liverdisease rarely results in pain, but may result in jaundice. Infectious liverdisease may cause a fever. Chronic liverdisease may result...
patient without known prior liverdisease".:1557 The disease process is associated with the development of a coagulopathy of liver aetiology, and clinically...
toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a cause of acute and chronic liverdisease caused specifically by medications...
metastatic disease because of its rich, dual blood supply (the liver receives blood via the hepatic artery and portal vein). Metastatic tumors in the liver are...
of liver cancer is cirrhosis due to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or alcohol. Other causes include aflatoxin, non-alcoholic fatty liverdisease and liver flukes...
cirrhosis, is an autoimmune disease of the liver. It results from a slow, progressive destruction of the small bile ducts of the liver, causing bile and other...
occurs in people with cirrhosis of the liver, risk factors generally include factors which cause chronic liverdisease that may lead to cirrhosis. Still,...
Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseasedliver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver...
Liver regeneration is the process by which the liver is able to replace damaged or lost liver tissue. The liver is the only visceral organ with the capacity...
later in the disease process and is typically a sign of advanced disease. Chronic hepatitis interferes with hormonal functions of the liver which can result...
liver damage Abnormal blood test suggesting liverdisease Enzyme defects leading to bigger liver in children commonly named storage disease of liver Jaundice...
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the...
primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). PBC is a progressive autoimmune liverdisease in which small intrahepatic bile ducts are selectively destroyed, leading...
Liver biopsy is the biopsy (removal of a small sample of tissue) from the liver. It is a medical test that is done to aid diagnosis of liverdisease, to...
often affects the liver – the primary organ of lipid metabolism – where the condition is commonly referred to as fatty liverdisease. Steatosis can also...
advanced chronic liverdisease. As a consequence, elevated hepatic and serum ferritin levels are consistently reported in chronic liverdiseases. Studies showed...
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