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Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... thrombosis due to sepsis ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... - Bacterial: Sepsis ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... Cirrhosis with portal ... Diagnosis #Framework #hematology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
should encourage critical ... reflection on the differential ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... venousgas #ultrasound #hepatology ... #liver #pocus #clinical
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... initiation • Differential ... 500 mg QD until normal ... Differentiation #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... Hepatic imaging: Normal ... necrosis HELLP Syndrome ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology ... hepatitis #comparison #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... brainstem lesions, aseptic ... (Clinical Dx). ... Behcet disease) Differential ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
cooled from the normal ... Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... blood cells appear normal ... Workup: • Complete ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology