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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Hepatocellular Pattern ... ULN Cholestatic Pattern ... to ≤ 5: Mixed pattern ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... consolidation - Diffuse ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... NodularPattern #Nodular #Pattern
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm DIFFUSE ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
pericardial effusion) • PFTs ... Goodpasture's cause ... capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... • IF staining patterns
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
Diffuse Hair Loss ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Scarring ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis: • Diffuse ... Early-repolarization pattern ... leads • S1Q3T3 pattern
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... characteristics are diffuse ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology