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Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Congenital: Choledochol cyst ... , Caroli's disease ... diagnosis #hepatology #gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
, Duplications/cysts ... Inflammatory: Crohn's disease ... bowel #Causes #gastroenterology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
most small-bowel diseases ... bowel duplication cysts ... inflammatory bowel disease ... GIBleed #management #gastroenterology
Overview of Pancreatic Cysts
True Epithelial Cyst
Serous Cystadenoma (SCA)
Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm (MCN)
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN)
Cystic Neuroendocrine
of Pancreatic Cysts ... True Epithelial Cyst ... #Pancreatic #Cysts ... differential #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
or mediastinal cysts ... congenital heart disease ... #Indications #Gastroenterology
Pancreatic Cyst Diagnosis on Endoscopic Ultrasound EUS
Features of low cancer risk: No symptoms caused by the
Pancreatic Cyst ... caused by the cyst ... , Small cyst size ... smaller), Thin cyst ... Diagnosis #EUS #risk #gastroenterology
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
, hyperplasia, cyst ... • Bronchogenic cysts ... , Pericardial Cysts ... lesions (Potts disease
Crohn's Disease - Perianal Fistula Management Algorithm

#Perianal #Fistula #Management #Algorithm #Crohns #Disease #ibd #gastroenterology
Crohn's Disease ... Algorithm #Crohns #Disease ... #ibd #gastroenterology
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Benign Cystic • Cyst ... Polycystic Liver Disease ... Cystadenoma • Hydatid Cyst
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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• Peptic Ulcer Disease ... Appendicitis • Ovarian Cyst ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... Quadrant: • Ovarian Cyst ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease