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Question
Recently we brought our dog to the vets. We were told that his liver was inflamed but that the liver was not enlarged normally. we were told that one side was larger then the other. can u help me. thanking you.

Answer
Hi Philip,

Enlargement of the liver can be from several different causes:

* Passive congestion of blood flowing through the liver
* Inflammation or infection
* Cysts
* Increased size of individual hepatocytes
* Infiltrative disorders

An inflamed liver is called Hepatitis. There are a couple of forms of Hepatitis in dogs; Infectious Canine Hepatitis, Hepatitis of unknown origin (also known as idiopathic or periportal hepatitis) and Chronic Active Hepatitis.

I could be of more help if I knew which form of the disease your dog was diagnosed with.

Here is a web site with info on Chronic Hepatitis:
http://www.upei.ca/~cidd/Diseases/GI%20disorders/chronic%20hepatitis.htm

This web site has info on Infectious Canine Hepatitis:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Canine-Infectious-Hepatitis&id=19991

Feel free to get back to me if you like.
Best of luck,

Patti