Definition

The term "liver disease" applies to many conditions that stop the liver from working or prevent it from functioning well. Abdominal pain or swelling, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or abnormal results of liver function tests may suggest you have liver disease.

Related topics include:

• Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency
• Amebic liver abscess
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Biliary atresia
• Cirrhosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Delta virus (hepatitis D)
• Drug-induced cholestasis
• Metabolic associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
  
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Hemochromatosis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Liver disease due to alcohol
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Pyogenic liver abscess
• Reye syndrome
• Sclerosing cholangitis
• Wilson disease

References

Martin P. Approach to the patient with liver disease. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 132.

Williams MJ, Gordon-Walker TT. Hepatology. In: Penman ID, Ralston SH, Strachan MWJ, Hobson RP, eds. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2023:chap 24.