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Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... — Normal Bile Ducts ... - Dilated Bile Ducts ... • Common Bile Duct ... Stone • Biliary
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... No extrahepatic biliary ... or higher • Liver ... malignancy #Primary #Biliary
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Drugs - Primary biliary ... PSC - Other biliary ... diseases/Bile duct
Biliary Ascariasis - Worms in the Common Bile Duct on Ultrasound

Dr. Devpriyo Pal https://www.instagram.com/drdev_radiology/

#Biliary #Ascariasis #Worms
Biliary Ascariasis ... the Common Bile Duct ... drdev_radiology/ #Biliary ... CBD #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Liver
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Extrahepatic - Biliary ... Choledocholithiasis, Biliary ... - Obstruction: Biliary ... Surface of bile duct
Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
Common Bile Duct ... Stone on POCUS ... This time on pocus ... Choledocholithiasis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #biliary
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... - Normal Bile Ducts ... - Dilated Bile Ducts ... - CBD stone, Biliary
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Differential Diagnosis Biliary ... Duct Obstruction ... • Infection— liver
How a cholangiogram corresponds to liver segments
 - Numbers indicate drained hepatic segments
 - Right anterior
corresponds to liver ... Right anterior duct ... Right posterior duct ... cholangiogram #anatomy #Biliary ... hepatology #ercp #liver
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
extra-hepatic bile ducts ... to multi-focal biliary ... indications for liver ... colorectal and hepato-biliary ... and end-stage liver