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Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Chronic liver disease ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
- Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Liver disease ... - Nephrotic syndrome ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology #SAAG
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... - Differential ... • Infiltrative disease ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Pancytopenia - Differential ... Congenital Diseases ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... and Autoimmune Diseases ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Barre - ALS - Transverse ... myelitis • Hematology ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Nail Findings & Associated Conditions
Change in color, texture, or shape can be harmless, but may suggest
underlying systemic disease ... • Yellow Nail Syndrome ... Onycholysis • Transverse ... fingernail #pathology #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Nail Findings & Associated Conditions
Change in color, texture, or shape can be harmless, but may suggest
underlying systemic disease ... • Yellow Nail Syndrome ... Onycholysis • Transverse ... fingernail #pathology #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... of portal HTN: ascites ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... portal HTN: • Ascites ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
- Behcet's disease ... - May-Thurner syndrome ... anticoagulation #hematology ... #differential #
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... Scleromyxedema (CNS ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Monoclonal #Differential