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Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Adult in small intestine ... hatches; penetrates intestinal ... organs (commonly liver ... Scolex attaches to intestine ... #Echinococcus #LifeCycle
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... (80%) • Intestine ... - Other causes ... elevation: • Intestine
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
result from other causes ... hemorrhage may also cause ... (more than a liter ... transit through the intestinal ... #Differential #Causes
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... of Acute Liver ... artery: Shock liver ... placenta, kidneys, intestines
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... • Infection— liver ... choledocho/ithiasis Intestinal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
Fasciola hepatica - Liver ... duodenum, penetrate intestinal ... migrate though liver ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
Adult hookworms live ... in intestines of ... unable to complete lifecycle
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis
Decreased calcium absorption
 • Vitamin D deficiency
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Causes of Hypocalcemia ... - Decreased intestinal ... absorption - Intestinal ... of 25(OH)D3 - Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
Larvae migrate to intestinal ... eggs in tissues causes ... costaricensis #LifeCycle
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
Causes of Intrahepatic ... Appendicitis, Pneumatosis intestinalis ... Hepatic infarction/liver ... changes of the liver ... #Air #Portal #Causes