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What is a liver lesion and how does it effect people with cirrhosis?
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Default What is a liver lesion and how does it effect people with cirrhosis? - 01-11-2009, 08:13 AM

I have cirrhosis and recently had a CT scan that discovered the liver lesions.
   
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Cirrhosis is a liver lesion. The term"lesion"can refer to any abnormal physical finding in the body. Any severe injury (from alcohol, viruses, parasitic infections, chemical damage, etc. )to the liver can ultimately cause live cirrhosis which in essence is liver scarring.The unfortunate thing about liver cirrhosis/scarring is that scar tissue doesn't function as liver tissue anymore and thus if the WHOLE liver is scarred an non-functional, it's like not having a liver at all, which is not compatible with life. This is where liver transplants come in.
   
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