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What can cause an enlarged liver 22cm with fatty infiltration with normal blood levels i am not obese and i do not drink alcohol. no meds?
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Some other causes..: Fatty liver disease is most often the result of excess alcohol and/or obesity, but some other causes are: diabetes, abetalipoproteinemia, glycogen storage diseases, weber-christian disease, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, lipodystrophy, inflammatoty bowel disease, hiv, hepc, malnutrition, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, and many meds...Consult doc to search for your cause. Good luck.
Answered 1/9/2018
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NAFLD steatohepatiti: Non alcholic fatty liver disease: common causes- obesity, dyslipidemias, associations with dm, htn. Need to do liverenzymes, lipid profile, iron studies, copper studies, r/o drug induced from depakote, cardiac med-amiodarone, steroids(hiv meds- not applicable to you). Blood counts needed. Viral hepatitis panel, especially hep c needed.If liver enzy.Elevated, called nash.Can lead to cirrhosis in some pts.
Answered 2/27/2016
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