There are other ways your doctor can look for the cause of your enlarged liver. He may use an ERCP, a scope that checks for problems in the ducts (tubes) that carry bile. An MRCP, a special type of MRI, also helps spot that kind of trouble.
Cholestasis is reduction or stoppage of bile flow. Disorders of the liver, bile duct, or pancreas can cause cholestasis. The skin and whites of the eyes look yellow, the skin itches, urine is dark, and stools may become light-colored and smell foul. Laboratory and often imaging tests are needed to identify the cause.
An association. exists between obstetric cholestasis and oral contra-. ceptive-induced cholestasis, and the condition may. be familial (2). Although obstetric cholestasis does. not have a deleterious effect on the mother, there are. several reports of significant risk to the fetus includ-. ing prematurity, low birth weight, intrapartum as-. phyxia, and increased fetal mortality (3-5). Obstetric cholestasis is believed to be a rare con-.