What are consequences of an enlarged liver?

Numerous: It depends on the cause. It may change the way medications are processed. It may cause abnormalities in blood tests. It may impair metabolism of sugar and fats. It may eventually fail and change to scar tissue.

Depends: An acutely enlarged liver is usually due to an acute inflammation as seen in viral infections as well as infectious mononucleosis. Chronic or subacute liver enlargement is seen in fatty infiltration, cancer, alcoholic cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, congestive heart failure. Advanced liver enlargement often has associated fluid accumulation in the abdomen and legs, jaundice, esophageal varices,pain