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Choledochodudodenal Fistula on Endoscopy
Patient admitted with cholangitis, dilated CHD and IHBDs, remote cholecystectomy.  I found
admitted with cholangitis ... , dilated CHD and ... This was a bile ... resulting in partial CBD ... The patient cholangitis
ACUTE CHOLANGITIS
Legend says that Cholangitis was first defined in 1877 by Jean-Martin Charcot, at which time
ACUTE CHOLANGITIS ... the obstructed bile ... cholē” meaning bile ... infection of the biliary ... individuals with biliary
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... No extrahepatic biliary ... sclerosis group cholangitis ... malignancy #Primary #Biliary ... Cirrhosis #PBC #cholangitis
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
genes coding for bile ... Dysfunction - Biliary ... mononucleosis, cholangitis ... duct, sclerosing cholangitis ... external pressure on bile
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and IBD - IBD Algorithm

Dr. Wade Billings @wabillin

#PSC #IBD #Algorithm #IBDAlgorithm #gastroenterology
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis ... (PSC) and IBD - ... IBD Algorithm ... wabillin #PSC #IBD ... #Algorithm #IBDAlgorithm
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs - Primary biliary ... Cholangitis (PBC ... PSC - Other biliary ... diseases/Bile duct
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Pruritus in Primary Biliary ... Cholangitis (PBC ... Recirculating System; CBD ... , common bile duct ... Management #Hepatology #Algorithm
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • US - Normal Bile ... Ducts - CBD ... stone, Biliary ... Transaminitis #Algorithm
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bacterial Cholangitis ... Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis ... • Primary Biliary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis ... extra-hepatic bile ... to multi-focal biliary ... • CHOLANGITIS ... colorectal and hepato-biliary