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Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... • Autoimmune ... hepatitis • Drugs ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... #Causes
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... Liver Injury - Ichemic ... - Autoimmune ... Severe #Acute #Causes ... #Differential #Hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory • Alcoholic ... HepatitisAutoimmune ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... HSV • Toxic: Alcohol ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... Sarcoidosis Toxic - Alcohol ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Cirrhosis #Causes
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune ... Hepatitis - Onset ... factors - Possible ischemic ... SMA >1:80 #Autoimmune ... #Hepatology #AIH
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune ... hepatitis • Iatrogenic ... See Updated Schema ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
for alternative causes ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... steatosis • Autoimmune ... #hepatology
Sensorineural Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Asymmetric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: 
 • Neoplastic (Vestibular Schwannoma)
 •
HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis ... Teratogenic drugs, Alcohol ... Cardiovascular Ischemia ... Meniere's Disease • Autoimmune ... #Causes
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Liver Disease - Alcohol ... , Viral hepatitis ... , Autoimmune • ... - Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Septic shock, Obstetric