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Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy ... AUPBD • Stones: Biliary ... @drkeithsiau #Biliary ... diagnosis #hepatology #gastroenterology
Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
remote history of cholecystectomy ... Choledocholithiasis #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #biliary
Choledochodudodenal Fistula on Endoscopy
Patient admitted with cholangitis, dilated CHD and IHBDs, remote cholecystectomy.  I found
IHBDs, remote cholecystectomy ... Endoscopy #EGD #gastroenterology ... #clinical
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
• Imaging: US (biliary ... MRCP (necrosis, biliary ... consider ERCP + cholecystectomy ... Management #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Active: Symptomatic ... bacteremia, and miliary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary
Brisk Gastric Bleeding on Upper Endoscopy
87 year old female. Acute bleeding in stomach.  Dieulafoy’s Lesion
RodriguezParra_ #active ... Endoscopy #EGD #gastroenterology ... #clinical
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... cytotoxic cell activity ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Active: Symptomatic ... bacteremia, and miliary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
Gaucher Disease Pathophsiology ... ß-glucocerebrosidase activity ... in GBA1 gene Clinical
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Diagnosis