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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
- Autoimmune ... hepatitis - Wilson ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... • Autoimmune ... #Causes #Hepatology
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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- Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Signs and symptoms ... unresponsive to treatment ... thyroiditis, hepatitis ... microscopic colitis Differential
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminitis - Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune ... #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Infections: Hepatitis ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... HELLP, Celiac disease ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... Transaminitis #LFTs #hepatitis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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EBV infection, Autoimmune ... Pylori) - Autoimmune ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms ... #differential # ... hematology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Liver Enzymes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Ischemia • Autoimmune ... • Cholestatic disease ... • Alcoholic hepatitis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... from subclinical disease ... - Symptoms of ... regarding need for treatment ... #Hepatology