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Causes for enlarged liver?
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Many: There are several reasons for enlarged liver, such as fatty liver (from obesity, diabetes etc), virus (hepatitis), alcohol, mediations etc. Occasionally, there may not be obvious reason, which can is a normal variant.
Answered 3/15/2016
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Various: Inflammation (hepatitis, other infections), infiltration (fatty liver, storage diseases) or lesions in liver (tumors).
Answered 10/20/2016
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