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Symptoms of Liver conditions

Symptoms of Liver conditions

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Liver conditions includes the 8 symptoms listed below:

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Medical Books Online about Liver conditions

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Liver conditions are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Liver conditions.

Medical Books Excerpts
  • JAUNDICE
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • JAUNDICE
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • Jaundice
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • Jaundice
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
  • Fatty liver
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • Liver cancer
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • Hepatomegaly
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • Hepatomegaly
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Jaundice
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Jaundice
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • Hepatomegaly
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Jaundice
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Hepatomegaly
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • Jaundice
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • JAUNDICE
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Symptoms of Liver conditions: Online Medical Books

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Fatty liver: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Clinical features of fatty liver vary with the degree of lipid infiltration, and many patients are asymptomatic. The most typical sign is a large, tender liver (hepatomegaly). Common signs and symptoms include right upper quadrant pain (with massive or rapid infiltration),ascites, edema, jaundice, and fever (all with hepatic necrosis or biliary stasis). (See Massive ascites in fatty liver.) Nausea, vomiting, and anorexia are less common. Splenomegaly usually accompanies cirrhosis. Rarer changes are spider angiomas, varices, transient gynecomastia, and menstrual disorders.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Liver abscess: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The clinical manifestations of a liver abscess depend on the degree of involvement. Some patients are acutely ill; in others, the abscess is recognized only at autopsy, after death from another illness. The onset of symptoms of a pyogenic abscess is usually sudden; in an amebic abscess, the onset is more insidious. Common signs and symptoms include right abdominal and shoulder pain, weight loss, fever, chills, diaphor-esis, nausea, vomiting, and anemia. Signs of right pleural effusion, such as dyspnea and pleural pain, develop if the abscess extends through the diaphragm. Liver damage may cause jaundice.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Liver cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Clinical effects of liver cancer include:

❑a mass in the right upper quadrant

❑ tender, nodular liver on palpation

❑ severe pain in the epigastrium or the right upper quadrant

❑ bruit, hum, or rubbing sound if tumor involves a large part of the liver

❑ weight loss, weakness, anorexia, fever

❑ occasional jaundice or ascites

❑ occasional evidence of metastasis through venous system to lungs, from lymphatics to regional lymph nodes, or by direct invasion of portal veins

❑ dependent edema.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Fatty liver: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Clinical features of fatty liver vary with the degree of lipid infiltration, and many patients are asymptomatic. The most typical sign is a large, tender liver (hepatomegaly). Common symptoms include right upper quadrant pain (with massive or rapid infiltration), ascites, edema, jaundice, and fever (all with hepatic necrosis or biliary stasis).

Nausea, vomiting, and anorexia are less common. Splenomegaly usually accompanies cirrhosis. Rarer changes are spider angiomas, varices, transient gynecomastia, and menstrual disorders.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Liver abscess: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Signs and symptoms of liver abscess depend on the degree of involvement. Some patients are acutely ill; in others, the abscess is recognized only at autopsy, after death from another illness.

With a pyogenic abscess, the onset of symptoms is usually sudden; with an amebic abscess, it’s more insidious. Common signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, weight loss, fever, chills, diaphoresis, nausea, vomiting, and anemia. Symptoms of right pleural effusion, such as dyspnea and pleural pain, develop if the abscess extends through the diaphragm. Liver damage may cause jaundice.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Liver cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Signs and symptoms of liver cancer include:

❑ a mass in the right upper quadrant

❑ a tender, nodular liver on palpation

❑ severe pain in the epigastrium or the right upper quadrant

❑ a bruit, hum, or rubbing sound if the tumor involves a large part of the liver

❑ weight loss, weakness, anorexia, fever

❑ occasional jaundice or ascites

❑ occasional evidence of metastasis through the venous system to the lungs, from lymphatics to the regional lymph nodes, or by direct invasion of the portal veins

❑ dependent edema.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

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