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Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Liver Mass Differential ... Diagnosis Solid: • Benign ... Metastases Cystic: • Benign ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Liver Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Benign ... Cystadenocarcinoma Benign ... #Mass #Hepatology ... #Differential #
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Liver Mass - Differential ... Algorithm Cystic: • Benign ... Cystadenocarcinoma Solid: • Benign ... #Mass #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... Injury Transaminase ... #Patterns #Liver ... #Injury #hepatology ... transaminitis #differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... function may be abnormal ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
injury < 26 weeks ... - If both are normal ... of ALP • Near normal ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... aminotransferase; BMI, body mass ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #
Hepatitis B - Treatment Indications
Treatment not indicated:
 • Immune tolerant state - HBe-Ag detectable, high HBV
200,000 IU/mL (begin ... infection with severe liver ... injury (INR > 2 ... mg/dL) or acute liver ... Indications #management #hepatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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the spleen or liver ... also arise in normal ... lymphadenopathy, mass ... involvement Differential ... #hematology