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Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminases / Transaminitis ... - Differential ... Trauma: Shock liver ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - Differential ... • NAFLD • Cirrhosis ... Chronic Viral Hepatitis ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #transaminitis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... , 1° PSC, Cystic ... #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
common in SLE, autoimmune ... hepatitis Anti-CCP ... Dermatomyositis Anti-LKM (liver ... Primary biliary cirrhosis ... (PBC) Anticentromere
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... CMV), Alcoholic cirrhosis ... #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
• Infections: Hepatitis ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
of Severe Acute Liver ... - Autoimmune ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... • Autoimmune ... Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Algorithm for Transaminitis ... Congenital, Others, Cirrhosis ... Algorithm #diagnosis #hepatology