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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
bile ducts causes cholestasis ... Diagnosis: • ... Differential Diagnosis ... , Intrahepatic cholestasis ... #cholangitis #diagnosis
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
- Differential Diagnosis ... def, Wilson's, Cholestatic ... dz Cholestatic ... Ducts - PBC ... Transaminitis #Algorithm #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Autoimmune hepatitis, PBC ... poisoning, ETOH Cholestatic ... epithelia: - Cholestasis ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thrombus, Vasospasm Cholestatic ... Malignancy, 1° PBC ... Hepatitis, TB Cholestatic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... of Intrahepatic cholestasis ... - Pruritis - Cholestasis ... biliary Cholangitis (PBC ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Autoimmune— PBC ... , PSC • Infection ... amyloidosis Other: • Cholestatic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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injury, though cholestatic ... reported (eg AIH-PBC ... Diagnosis - If suspected ... , AIH diagnosis ... Hepatitis #AIH #Diagnosis
Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver ... pathophysiology #pbc ... #psc #hepatology
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
• Hereditary Cholestatic ... of intrahepatic cholestasis ... ) Intrahepatic cholestasis ... or intrahepatic cholestasis ... Classification #diagnosis
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Hepatocellular and Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular or Cholestatic ... R ≤ 2 = Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular #Cholestatic ... Transaminitis #diagnosis