pseudocirrhosis


car·di·ac cir·rho·sis

an extensive fibrotic reaction within the liver as a result of chronic constrictive pericarditis or prolonged congestive heart failure; true cirrhosis with fibrous bridging of lobules is unusual. Synonym(s): cardiac liver, congestive cirrhosis, pseudocirrhosis, stasis cirrhosis

pseudocirrhosis

(soo″dō-sĭr-ō′sĭs) [″ + ″] Any disease or condition that produces signs and symptoms that falsely suggest of cirrhosis (e.g., right-sided heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, or metastatic breast cancer).