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Budd Chiari Syndrome (BCS)

Diagnosis
Clinical Manifestations
Causes
Management

By Dr. Hima Veeramachaneni @hima_vee via @EmoryGastroHep

#BCS #BuddChiari #Budd #Chiari #Syndrome #Hepatology
Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Diagnosis Clinical ... Manifestations Causes ... Management ... #Gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... Inflammatory: Crohn's ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• PSC • Budd-Chiari ... syndrome • Chronic ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... • Abdominal hernia ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
fibroinflammatory syndrome ... stress. 60% of CP cases ... sensitivity) Clinical ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... 16-32%): lupus pernio ... • Heerfordt syndrome ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... occlusion, Budd-Chiari ... (Clinical Dx). ... Gastrointestinal : Crohn ... #diagnosis #management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Paraesophageal hernia ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... infection that cross-reacts ... transplantation CLINICAL ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... • Infectious causes ... - Vasculitis- Heroin ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
the context of a clinical ... Children with Crohn's ... irritable bowel syndrome ... Probiotics #Guidelines #gastroenterology ... recommendations #management