quantitation of liver size may be an important clinical measurement , e.g . in assessing the possibility of shunts in the lieno-portal system in portal hypertension with recurrent bleeding from oesophageal varices due to cirrhosis of the liver , for evaluating liver atrophy after shunts affecting the liver , for demonstrating liver size in right heart insufficiency and congestive states or for the control of the effectiveness of cytostatic drugs in lymphatic or haematological disease .
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cirrhosis of
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