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A physical exam to detect enlarged liver. Your doctor may determine your liver is enlarged by feeling your abdomen during a physical exam. The doctor can estimate the size of your liver by feeling how far it extends below your rib cage. Your doctor may also note the texture of your liver.
Save. An enlarged liver, commonly known as hepatomegaly, is not a disease but more an indication of another physiological problem. Diseases commonly associated with an enlarged liver are metabolic deficiencies, heart problems, hepatitis or cancer. Some symptoms of this condition include severe abdominal pain, tenderness in the liver region, a light-colored bowel movement or jaundice (yellowing of the skin). Treatments applied to patients with an enlarged liver depend on the cause or source of the condition.