Im a 37 year old male. I drank heavily for about 5+ years. about 2 years ago I have a severe kidney ifection and let it go, this caused me to have full renal shutdown and like an idiot while this was happening I continued to drink to the point I turned jaundice. I was hospitalized for 2 months and recovered fully with no dialysis needed. A year ago I had a cholecystectomy, a few days later I was readmitted with pneumonia, left side pneumothorax, and MRSA. I recovered from that as well. I have continued to have severe right side abdominal pain right where the liver is. My GI Dr had me go for an MRI with contrast. Results are There is evidence of contour nodularity of the liver consistent with hepatic cirrosis and hepatocellular disease. I have been sober over a year. What does this mean?
Full info from the MRI Results as I could not fit it into the original question:
There is evidence of contour nodularity of the liver consistent with hepatic cirrosis and hepatocellular disease. The liver demonstrates heterogeneous enhancement with somewhat irregular lacy areas of enhancement scattered throughout the liver and the noduals may indicate some areas of regeneration (which that part is good). There is one area in the right lobe of the liver lateralally which demonstrates a wedge shaped area of greater enhancement but not have the appearance of a mass. The spleen is also enlarged and a ct/pets scan should be reformed for further evaluation. Over all impression is evidence for hepatosplenomegaly. Contour nodularity of the liver and heterogeneous enhancements felt secondary to hepatocellular disease the wedge shaped area although not believed to be a mass could be representative of some sort of transient vascular phenomenon rather then a mass. There is also evidence of perihepatic ascities.