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Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Infectious • Hepatitis ... • Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Hepatitis • Drug ... Induced Hepatitis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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• Ischemia • Autoimmune ... • Drugs • AIH ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Infiltrative • Cirrhosis ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
those with CLD (± cirrhosis ... Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis ... (AAH) Drug-Induced ... (DILI) Viral Hepatitis ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... Other Etiology of Hepatitis ... (eg Viral) Management ... #Hepatitis #AIH ... #Hepatology
Causes of Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
Eosinophilia - Differential ... - DRESS - AIN ... - Eosinophilic Hepatitis ... (vasculitis / autoimmune ... Diagnosis #Causes #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
: Autoimmune hepatitis ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... : < 1 • Cirrhosis ... liver #injury #hepatitis ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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HBV, EBV, VZV, hepatitis ... hepatitis, PBC, ... PSC, Viral hepatitis ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... #diagnosis #hematology